Life term convicts in 1993 blasts to be in jail till death

March 21, 2013 12:48

Here's more from the Supreme Court ruling in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case:

The circumstances and nature of the offence by actor Sanjay Dutt were so serious that he cannot be released on probation, the court has said. The evidence and materials perused by TADA court in arriving at the decision against Dutt was correct, the court has ruled.

The life sentence of Ashrafur Rehman Azimulla has been reduced to 10 years while that of Imtiyaz Yunusmiya Ghavte to jail term has already been undergone.

The court also upheld the life sentence of 16 out of 18 convicts sentenced by the TADA court, and said that life-term convicts will remain in jail till their death.

The court said convicts who are on bail, including Dutt, will have to surrender within four weeks.

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