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HC admits appeal of 2003 blasts convict facing death penalty
Mumbai, Aug 28 (PTI) The Bombay High Court Friday
admitted an appeal filed by suspected Laskhar-e-Toiba member
Ashrat Ansari challenging capital punishment awarded to him by
a Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) court for his role in the
2003 bomb blasts that left 54 people dead.
The appeal was admitted by Justice Bilal Nazki and
Justice A R Joshi who asked the Maharashtra (India's western
state) government to produce Ansari and two other convicts
Hanif Sayed and his wife Fahmida on the next hearing after
eight weeks.
While Ashrat has filed an appeal against the POTA
court order, the other two convicts are yet to move the High
Court challenging capital punishment awarded to them. However,
POTA court has made a reference to the High Court to confirm
the death penalty awarded to the three convicts.
The Court has directed the government to produce the
case papers and the verdict of the POTA court before it after
eight weeks when the reference and Ansari's appeal would be
finally heard.
The POTA court had convicted Hanif Sayed Anees (46),
his wife Fahmida (43) and Ashrat Ansari (32), saying the three
had carried out designs of the Pakistani terror outfit LeT to
create terror in India through bomb attacks at Gateway of
India and Zaveri Bazar and planting a bomb in a bus.
Hanif, Ansari and the blast mastermind Nasir made
bombs at Hanif's Andheri house. (More) PTI SVS
ANU
admitted an appeal filed by suspected Laskhar-e-Toiba member
Ashrat Ansari challenging capital punishment awarded to him by
a Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) court for his role in the
2003 bomb blasts that left 54 people dead.
The appeal was admitted by Justice Bilal Nazki and
Justice A R Joshi who asked the Maharashtra (India's western
state) government to produce Ansari and two other convicts
Hanif Sayed and his wife Fahmida on the next hearing after
eight weeks.
While Ashrat has filed an appeal against the POTA
court order, the other two convicts are yet to move the High
Court challenging capital punishment awarded to them. However,
POTA court has made a reference to the High Court to confirm
the death penalty awarded to the three convicts.
The Court has directed the government to produce the
case papers and the verdict of the POTA court before it after
eight weeks when the reference and Ansari's appeal would be
finally heard.
The POTA court had convicted Hanif Sayed Anees (46),
his wife Fahmida (43) and Ashrat Ansari (32), saying the three
had carried out designs of the Pakistani terror outfit LeT to
create terror in India through bomb attacks at Gateway of
India and Zaveri Bazar and planting a bomb in a bus.
Hanif, Ansari and the blast mastermind Nasir made
bombs at Hanif's Andheri house. (More) PTI SVS
ANU