August 22, 2022 11:34 pm
Mohammed Zakir Abdul Haque Shaikh was arrested in 2008 by the Mumbai police crime branch and has been behind bars since.
July 29, 2022 2:44 am
Meanwhile, a lawyer representing nearly 15 of the 38 facing the gallows, submitted before the bench of Justices Vipul Pancholi and Sandeep Bhatt that the accused convicts plan to file appeals in the next “15-20 days”.
June 10, 2022 1:29 am
Notably, none of the 38 convicts facing the gallows have appealed against the death sentence. Meanwhile, the state government Thursday pushed for moving ahead with the necessary procedures to confirm the death sentence.
March 10, 2022 3:50 am
A death sentence pronounced by a trial court is required to be confirmed by the HC under the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) . The death sentence can be executed upon confirmation from the high court.
March 09, 2022 10:36 am
A death sentence pronounced by a trial court is required to be confirmed by the Gujarat HC under the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The death sentence can be executed upon confirmation from the high court.
February 22, 2022 2:57 pm
Akhilesh Mishra writes: The Modi government has modernised investigative agencies, cracked down on terror and terror financing.
February 21, 2022 9:26 am
Now retired, Inspector Arun Chavan was put on the case by the then Crime Branch chief Rakesh Maria days after the blasts on July 26, 2008, after it came to light that the cars suspected to have been used in the attack had been stolen from Navi Mumbai.
February 21, 2022 12:48 am
On their motive, the verdict said the accused were affiliated to prohibited organisations like SIMI and had established the Indian Mujahideen.
February 21, 2022 8:04 am
As many as 22 bombs had exploded in the span of an hour in Ahmedabad on July 26, 2008, killing 56 people and leaving over 200 injured.
February 20, 2022 7:13 am
The court noted that the motive of the accused was to 'overthrow the (state) government and to arouse anger of the people against (then) Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi and his ministers and MLAs'.