Yakub Memon 'driving spirit' behind 1993 blasts, to hang, says SC

April 09, 2015 10:51

Just in: The Supreme Court confirms the death penalty for 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon and junks his review plea.

Memon is lodged in the high-security ward of Nagpur jail.

In March 2013, the SC had confirmed the death sentence awarded to Memon, holding him guilty of being the "driving spirit' behind the blasts that killed 257 people, while commuting the death sentence awarded to 10 others to life imprisonment till their death.

The court had said that Memon's "commanding position and the crime of utmost gravity' warranted capital punishment.

Then, in April 2014, President Pranab Mukherjee had rejected Memon's mercy petition and the decision was left to the Maharashtra government for fixing the execution date.

Memon then moved a clemency petition before the Supreme Court to commute his death sentence to life.

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