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Gujarat HC upholds death sentence for 38 in 2008 blasts
News on AIR··9 Jul
The Gujarat High Court upheld a special court order sentencing 38 Indian Mujahideen convicts to death and 11 others to life imprisonment in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case, News on AIR reported on July 7. A division bench dismissed all appeals. On July 26, 2008, 21 blasts in 70 minutes killed 56 people and injured over 200.
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What It Means For You
- Victims' families may pursue further appeals at the Supreme Court.
- The verdict reaffirms India's capital punishment stance in terror cases.
- Ahmedabad residents see judicial closure on a landmark 2008 attack.
What's Happening
- Gujarat HC upheld death sentences for 38 convicts.
- Eleven others retain life imprisonment terms.
- The court dismissed all appeals against the 2022 special court verdict.
Case History Context
- Twenty-one bombs exploded across Ahmedabad on July 26, 2008.
- Fifty-six people died and over 200 were injured.
- The Indian Mujahideen was named as the terror outfit behind the blasts.
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