Digital Desk: The Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind President, Maulana Arshad Madani, has stated that the sentencing in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial explosions case will be contested. A special court condemned 38 inmates to death, while 11 others were sentenced to life in prison.
According to Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind President, Maulana Arshad Madani, the special court's judgement is incredible, and "we will go to the High Court against the punishment and continue the legal battle". He further added that eminent lawyers of the country will fight the legal battle to save the culprits from being hanged."
"We are sure that these people will get full justice from the High Court, in many cases, the guilty convicted by the lower courts have been acquitted by the High Court or Supreme Court," Madani said.
Using the 2002 Akshardham temple attack as an example, Maulana Madani stated that the lower court condemned three people, including Mufti Abdul Qayyum, to death and four others to life in prison, which was subsequently supported by the Gujarat High Court. When the case reached the Supreme Court, all of the accused were acquitted, but the court chastised the Gujarat Police for conspiring to unjustly incriminate innocent people in the bomb attacks.
He further stated that he wants to obtain relief in this matter and that if necessary, the case would be heard by the Supreme Court.
On July 26, 2008, 21 bombings occurred in Ahmedabad within 70 minutes of each other, killing 56 people and injuring 200 others. In a decision that spanned over 7,000 pages, the court labelled the case as unusual and condemned 38 defendants to death, while 11 others were sentenced to life in prison until death. They were convicted under the IPC's sections 302 (murder), 307 (attempt to kill), 121 (a) (conspiracy to wage war or try to wage war against the nation), and 124 (a) (sedition), among others, and 16(1)(a)(b) (punishment for a terrorist act).
The court also fined each of the 48 convicts Rs 2.85 lakh and another Rs 2.88 lakh. Judge AR Patel also ordered Rs 1 lakh in compensation for those killed in the bombings, Rs 50,000 for those badly injured, and Rs 25,000 for those with slight ailments.
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