Why are Dossa & friends being convicted now?

June 16, 2017 13:00

In the trials first leg that concluded in 2007, the TADA court had convicted 100 accused in the case, while 23 people were acquitted, reports the Hindu.

The trial of the seven accused Abu Salem, Mustafa Dossa, Karimullah Khan, Firoz Abdul Rashid Khan, Riyaz Siddiqui, Tahir Merchant and Abdul Quayyum was separated from the first leg as they were arrested at the time of its conclusion.

In September 2006, 20 of them were awarded life sentences, while 12 were sentenced to death. In 2013, 10 of the 12 awaiting capital punishment had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment.

The hearing in the case was delayed as three petitions were pending with the Supreme Court, one each filed by Dossa and Salem, and another by CBI. The trial resumed in 2012 and concluded this March.

The case involving the seven accused was first heard by Judge Pramod Kode, who had also delivered the judgement in the trials first leg. Later, Judge D.U. Mullah presided over the TADA court. The case is now being heard by Judge G.A. Sanap.

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