The public prosecutor in the 7/11 Mumbai train blasts case has sought the death sentence for eight of the 12 convicts. Calling the convicts 'mechants of death', the prosecutor said they deserve the death sentence. The sentencing will be heard on September 30. The prosecution has asked for life sentence for four convicts.


A special MCOCA court is expected to pronounce the quantum of sentence to the 12 men convicted for their involvement in the July 11, 2006 Mumbai suburban train bombings.


Twelve people were convicted last week by a special court in Mumbai in the serial blasts that killed 188 people. Those convicted are Kamal Ahamed Ansari, 37, Tanvir Ahmed Ansari, 37, Mohammad Faisal Shaikh, 36, Ehtesham Siddiqui, 30, Mohammad Majid Shafi 32, Shaikh Alam Shaikh, 41, Mohammad Sajid Ansari, 34, Muzzammil Shaikh 27, Soheil Mehmood Shaikh, 43, Zamir Ahmad Shaikh, 36, Naveed Hussain Khan, 30, and Asif Khan, 38.

Designated MCOCA Judge Yatin D Shinde had on September 11 held them guilty of complicity in the crime while acquitting 34-year-old Abdul Wahid Shaikh, also an accused, in the case.


They were found guilty of planting bombs in local trains which exploded at various stations in the peak hours in the evening.


All the twelve convicts found guilty in the case, had pleaded for leniency in the court on the point of sentence citing humanitarian grounds.


The judge had called each convict before him and recorded their respective statements on the quantum of sentence to be awarded to them.


The arguments on the quantum of sentence has been going on for the last few days.