PUNE: A Pune court on Thursday sentenced Indian Mujahideen operative Mirza Himayat Inayat Baig to death in the German Bakery bomb blast case.
The terror attack on the popular pune joint had killed 17 people and injured 64 in February 2010. On Monday, Pune sessions court special judge NP Dhote had held Baig guilty in the case.
Baig is the only accused in the terror attack who has been arrested, tried and convicted for the terror attack.
The judge handed down capital punishment to Baig for murder and criminal conspiracy, besides under provisions of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and Explosive Substances Act.
The punishment was announced after the judge heard arguments of defence and prosecution on the quantum of sentence.
Baig, a resident of Maharashtra's Beed district, was held guilty under sections 302 (murder), 307 (attempt to murder), 435 (mischief by fire or explosive substances), 474 (forgery), 153(A) (promoting enmity between different groups on ground of religion, race, place of birth, language and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony) and 120(B) (criminal conspiracy) of IPC.
He was also pronounced guilty under various sections of UAPA and Explosives Substances Act.
He was given the death sentence under sections 302 and 120(B) of IPC, 16(A) of UAPA and Section 3 of Explosive Substances Act.
The court had accepted the prosecution's contention that it was a "carefully planned and executed attack calculated to terrorise the public in general by causing extensive damage to life and property and that the primary objective was to undermine and reduce faith of the common citizen in the elected government and destabilize the system of law." |
