New Delhi: Eight years after the twin blasts that left 57 people dead at the Mumbai's Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazar, the Bombay HIgh Court on Monday is expected to give its judgment on the fate of the three accused. Earlier the court had reserved its order on whether to confirm the death sentence handed out in 2009 to the accused.
The judgment expected on whether the death sentence will be upheld or reduced to life imprisonment is expected post 11 am on Monday.
The court had also clubbed two other cases, the July 2003 Ghatkopar blast case and the case of an unexploded bomb in 2002 with the twin blast case.
35-year-old Ashrat Ansari, 49-year-old Hanif Syed and his 46-year-old wife, Fehmida Syed were convicted by the special POTA court for planting bombs in two taxis and were held guilty under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, the Explosive Substances Act and the stringent Prevention of Terrorism Act.
Prosecution had alleged that the trio of Ashrat, Hanif and Fehmida belonged to LeT and had planned and carried out the blasts. The POTA court had also held them guilty for blast in a BEST bus in suburban Ghatkopar on 28 July, 2003, that had claimed two lives.
They were also held guilty for planting a bomb which didn't explode in a bus in the Special Electronics Export Promotion Zone (SEEPZ) in suburban Jogeshwari on December 2, 2002.
At least 103 witnesses were examined during the trial, one accused had turned approver, two others were discharged and another one died during the trail.
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