Jaipur blasts: 4 acquitted men yet to walk out of jail

March 31, 2023 20:44

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The four men who were acquitted by the Rajasthan high court earlier this week in the 2008 Jaipur serial blasts case are yet to be set free as a related case is pending against them in a trial court, officials said.

The pending case pertains to the recovery of an unexploded bomb after the serial blasts in Jaipur which had claimed 71 lives and left 185 injured.

Their lawyer SS Ali said a bail application of the four will be moved in the trial court on Monday.

On Wednesday, the Rajasthan high court acquitted Mohammad Saif, Mohammad Salman, Saifur and Mohammad Sarvar Azmi, who were given the death sentence by a lower court in December 2019 for the serial blasts, and slammed the investigating agencies for their "shoddy investigation".

It also affirmed the acquittal of a fifth accused, Shahbaz Hussain, by the trial court.

While Shahbaz Hussain is currently on bail, the four are lodged in a jail in Jaipur. -- PTI

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