Power cuts are usual in the villages and sub-urbal areas of the country but on Wednesday a special court in Jaipur, Rajasthan had a power cut while the Judge was going to pronounce his judgement in the 2008 Jaipur serial bomb blasts that had left 70 people dead and 185 injured.
Amidst the power cut, the Judge read out his 2500 page judgement from a cell phone torch in the court and found four accused guilty in the case while one was acquitted.
The four -Mohammad Saif, Mohammad Sarwar Azmi, Mohammad Salman and Saifurrehman were convicted under IPC sections 302 (punishment for murder), 307 (Attempt to murder), 324 (causing hurt by dangerous weapons, means), 326 (causing hurt by acid attack), 120-B (criminal conspiracy), 121-A (Conspiring to commit certain offences against State), 124-A (sedition), 153-A (promoting disharmony) and sections of Explosive Substances Act and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, public prosecutor Srichand said.
Shahbaz Hussain -- who was acquitted by a special court here on Wednesday in the 2008 Jaipur serial bomb blast case -- was accused of sending emails claiming responsibility for the attack on behalf of terror outfit Indian Mujahideen.
The four convicted in the case were seen congratulating the acquitted Shahbaz Hussain.
Apart from these five, three accused involved in the blast - Shadab, Mohammad Khalid and Sajid - are still absconding while two accused, Mohammad Atif and Chhota Sajid -- were killed in the Batla house encounter in Delhi in September 2008.
The serial blasts had rocked Jaipur on May 13, 2018. The blasts took place at Manak Chawk Khanda, Chandpole Gate, Badi Chaupad, Chhoti Chaupad, Tripolia Gate, Johri Bazar and Sanganeri Gate, all inside the walled city of Jaipur which left 70 people dead and 185 injured.
(With Inputs from Agencies)
