In what is referred to as one of the lengthiest trials in the history of the Indian judiciary, a special court in Ahmedabad on Friday pronounced death sentence to 38 out of 49 convicts in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial bomb blast case.
The court while acquitted 28 people connected with the incident, have also given life imprisonment until death to 11 others. More than 13 years after the first arrest was made, the special court had on February 8 held 49 people guilty of carrying out a terror strike in Ahmedabad.
While convicting 49 people, including former Student Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) leader Safdar Nagori,
the court has acquitted 28 accused people and granted pardon to approver, Aiyaz Saiyed, by dropping charges against him.
The incident happened on July 26, 2008, 19 bombs rocked the city and killed 56 people and injured more than 200 others.
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