Mumbai, Mar 14 (UNI) The special TADA court today said it would start announcing sentences on 100 accused found guilty in '93 blasts from April 19.
Designated Judge Pramod Kode said he would dispose of all pending applications in the case on April 16-17 before pronouncing sentence in batches from April 19.
In one of the longest judicial trials in the world history, the court found 100 guilty of the 123 accused who faced the trial, while underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and his key aide Tiger Memon, among others, still continue to be fugitive in the case investigated and prosecuted by the CBI.
After conclusion of the trial in 2003, the court took 84 days from September 12 to December 4, last year in declaring the accused guilty and acquitting the remaining.
Of the 100 convicted, the court had reserved order on the application of Bollywood actor-convict Sanjay Dutt, who sought relief under the Probation of Offender Act (POA) after his conviction under the Arms Act.
The court said it would announce order on his application during the course of sentencing. Besides Dutt, three of his associates were also convicted under the Arms Act.
Of the remaining 96 convicts, as many as 90 have been found guilty under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities ( Prevention) Act, and six under the Customs Act.
The blasts shook the financial capital fourteen years ago on March 12, 1993, which claimed 257 lives and left over 700 people wounded.
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Designated Judge Pramod Kode said he would dispose of all pending applications in the case on April 16-17 before pronouncing sentence in batches from April 19.
In one of the longest judicial trials in the world history, the court found 100 guilty of the 123 accused who faced the trial, while underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and his key aide Tiger Memon, among others, still continue to be fugitive in the case investigated and prosecuted by the CBI.
After conclusion of the trial in 2003, the court took 84 days from September 12 to December 4, last year in declaring the accused guilty and acquitting the remaining.
Of the 100 convicted, the court had reserved order on the application of Bollywood actor-convict Sanjay Dutt, who sought relief under the Probation of Offender Act (POA) after his conviction under the Arms Act.
The court said it would announce order on his application during the course of sentencing. Besides Dutt, three of his associates were also convicted under the Arms Act.
Of the remaining 96 convicts, as many as 90 have been found guilty under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities ( Prevention) Act, and six under the Customs Act.
The blasts shook the financial capital fourteen years ago on March 12, 1993, which claimed 257 lives and left over 700 people wounded.
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