1995 Jammu blast case: Hizbul terrorist gets life

September 30, 2015 16:51

The Supreme Court has set aside the acquittal of a Pakistan national, a Hizbul Mujahideen operative, who was involved in the serial blasts at Maulana Azad Memorial Stadium in Jammu during Republic Day function in 1995 that had claimed eight lives.

A bench of Justices A K Sikri and U U Lalit, while relying on the confessional statement of Ghulam Nabi given before CBI, said, "the confession of an accused is a substantive piece of evidence and his conviction can be founded on such confession itself."

The court asked Nabi, who has been convicted under the now repealed Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA), to appear before it for advancing arguments on quantum of sentence in the case.

Three bomb explosions had taken place in the Maulana Azad Memorial Stadium in Jammu aimed to kill then Governor Lt General K V Krishna Rao during his address to a huge gathering of about 40,000 people, including dignitaries, VIPs, senior government officers, political leaders and citizens on Republic Day in 1995. Rao had a narrow escape.

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