2008 Jaipur blasts: Four men sentenced to life imprisonment
A court in Jaipur on Tuesday sentenced four men to life imprisonment in a case about the bomb blasts in the city in 2008, PTI reported
On May 13, 2008, nine bombs exploded within a span of 25 minutes at eight locations in Jaipur, killing 71 people and injuring 185. Another live bomb was found near a temple in Chandpole Bazar, but was later defused.
The case in which the four men were sentenced on Tuesday was about the bomb that was defused.
Mohammed Sarwar Azmi, Mohammed Saif, Saifur Rehman and Shahbaz Ahmed were convicted on Friday under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and Explosive Substances Act, PTI reported.
In December 2019, a court had awarded the death penalty to Azmi, Saif Rehman and a man named Mohammed Salman in another case related to the blasts. However, in March 2023, the Rajasthan High Court acquitted them and also confirmed the acquittal of Shahbaz.
The state government filed an appeal against the appeal, and the case is pending before the Supreme Court.
The lawyer representing the four men said he plans to appeal against Friday’s conviction before the Rajasthan High Court.
“No witness statement was recorded by the prosecution,” the lawyer, Minhajul Haq, was quoted as saying by The Indian Express. “The facts of this case and...
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