Sanjay Dutt gets 5 years in jail
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld death sentence for Yakub Memon in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case. The apex court also commuted death sentence of 10 other convicts to life imprisonment.
The Supreme Court commuted death sentence on the ground that the convicts were behind bars for 20 years and their economic condition was weak. However, the court said life term convicts would remain in jail till their death. The life sentence of Ashrafur Rehman Azimulla was reduced to 10 years while that of Imtiyaz Yunusmiya Ghavte to jail term already undergone
The Supreme Court also said that the management and conspiracy of 1993 blasts were done by Dawood Ibrahim and others in Pakistan. The accused were trained in bomb making and to handle sophisticated weapons in Pakistan, the Supreme Court said in its ruling. It also stated that Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI was also involved in the 1993 blasts.
The Supreme Court asserted that the police, customs and coastal guards are also to be blamed for 1993 blasts. The training of convicts in Pakistan materialised in 1993 blasts, the apex court added and said Yakub Memon and all the absconding accused (Dawood Ibrahim and others) were “archers” and rest of the accused were “arrows” in their hands.
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of Sanjay Dutt under Arms Act in the case. However it reduced Dutt’s six year jail term given by TADA court to five years. The court ordered that convicts who were on bail, including Sanjay Dutt, would have to surrender within four weeks.
Upholding the evidence and materials perused by the TADA court in arriving at the decision against Dutt, The Supreme Court said the circumstances and nature of offence was so serious that Dutt could not be released on probation.
The court dismissed all appeals of the convicts except that of Mubina alias Baya Moosa Bhiwandiwala and that of Mulchand Sampatraj Shah.
Deadly Strikes
1993
Mar 12: 13 explosions rock Mumbai; 257 killed, 713 injured.
Apr 19: Actor Sanjay Dutt held
Nov 4: Chargesheet filed against 189 accused, including Dutt.
Nov 19: Case given to CBI.
1995
Apr 10: 26 accused discharged. Charges framed against the rest Apr 19: Trial commences.
2003
Sept: Trial ends. Court reserves judgment.
Sept 12: Court pronounces four members of the Memon family guilty, acquits three. 12 convicts awarded death penalty while 20 were given life sentence.
2011
Nov 1: The Supreme Court begins hearing on appeals filed by 100 convicts
2013
Mar 21: SC upholds death sentence of convict Yakub Memon, brother of Tiger Memon, and commutes death sentence of 10 convicts to life term. Life imprisonment of 16 out of 18 convicts also upheld.
The Plotters
Dawood Ibrahim (pic), Tiger Memon, and Mohammed Ahmed Dossa, Ayub alias Abdul Razak Memon were described as planners the blasts along with Yakub Memon
Younger brother of Tiger Memon, Yakub (pic), a chartered accountant, was found guilty of possessing arms and distributing them among the accused besides purchasing vehicles used in the blasts
Among the other 10 death convicts whose punishment was commuted to life sentence were those given the role of planting the explosives by Yakub
Dutt's Role
Sanjay Dutt (53), who is out on bail, will also have to surrender within four weeks to serve a jail term of 42 months. He has already spent 18 months behind bars.
Dutt's conviction upheld under Arms Act. SC reduces 6-yr jail term given by TADA court to 5 years.
TADA court had held actor guilty of illegal possession of a 9 mm pistol and three AK-56 rifles which was part of the consignment of weapons and explosives brought to India for serial blasts.
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld death sentence for Yakub Memon in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case. The apex court also commuted death sentence of 10 other convicts to life imprisonment.
The Supreme Court commuted death sentence on the ground that the convicts were behind bars for 20 years and their economic condition was weak. However, the court said life term convicts would remain in jail till their death. The life sentence of Ashrafur Rehman Azimulla was reduced to 10 years while that of Imtiyaz Yunusmiya Ghavte to jail term already undergone
The Supreme Court also said that the management and conspiracy of 1993 blasts were done by Dawood Ibrahim and others in Pakistan. The accused were trained in bomb making and to handle sophisticated weapons in Pakistan, the Supreme Court said in its ruling. It also stated that Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI was also involved in the 1993 blasts.
The Supreme Court asserted that the police, customs and coastal guards are also to be blamed for 1993 blasts. The training of convicts in Pakistan materialised in 1993 blasts, the apex court added and said Yakub Memon and all the absconding accused (Dawood Ibrahim and others) were “archers” and rest of the accused were “arrows” in their hands.
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of Sanjay Dutt under Arms Act in the case. However it reduced Dutt’s six year jail term given by TADA court to five years. The court ordered that convicts who were on bail, including Sanjay Dutt, would have to surrender within four weeks.
Upholding the evidence and materials perused by the TADA court in arriving at the decision against Dutt, The Supreme Court said the circumstances and nature of offence was so serious that Dutt could not be released on probation.
The court dismissed all appeals of the convicts except that of Mubina alias Baya Moosa Bhiwandiwala and that of Mulchand Sampatraj Shah.
Deadly Strikes
1993
Mar 12: 13 explosions rock Mumbai; 257 killed, 713 injured.
Apr 19: Actor Sanjay Dutt held
Nov 4: Chargesheet filed against 189 accused, including Dutt.
Nov 19: Case given to CBI.
1995
Apr 10: 26 accused discharged. Charges framed against the rest Apr 19: Trial commences.
2003
Sept: Trial ends. Court reserves judgment.
Sept 12: Court pronounces four members of the Memon family guilty, acquits three. 12 convicts awarded death penalty while 20 were given life sentence.
2011
Nov 1: The Supreme Court begins hearing on appeals filed by 100 convicts
2013
Mar 21: SC upholds death sentence of convict Yakub Memon, brother of Tiger Memon, and commutes death sentence of 10 convicts to life term. Life imprisonment of 16 out of 18 convicts also upheld.
The Plotters
Dawood Ibrahim (pic), Tiger Memon, and Mohammed Ahmed Dossa, Ayub alias Abdul Razak Memon were described as planners the blasts along with Yakub Memon
Younger brother of Tiger Memon, Yakub (pic), a chartered accountant, was found guilty of possessing arms and distributing them among the accused besides purchasing vehicles used in the blasts
Among the other 10 death convicts whose punishment was commuted to life sentence were those given the role of planting the explosives by Yakub
Dutt's Role
Sanjay Dutt (53), who is out on bail, will also have to surrender within four weeks to serve a jail term of 42 months. He has already spent 18 months behind bars.
Dutt's conviction upheld under Arms Act. SC reduces 6-yr jail term given by TADA court to 5 years.
TADA court had held actor guilty of illegal possession of a 9 mm pistol and three AK-56 rifles which was part of the consignment of weapons and explosives brought to India for serial blasts.
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