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| '93 Mumbai blasts case: Judgement on Sep 12 | | | Mumbai, Aug 10: The much-awaited judgement in the 1993 serial bomb blasts case, in which actor Sanjay Dutt is among the 123 accused, will be pronounced on September 12 by a TADA court here that today began dictating its verdict.
All the accused were present in the make-shift court within the Central Jail at Arthur Road when Judge P D Kode said he would deliver the verdict on September 12.
A series of 13 powerful blasts had ripped through the city on March 12, 1993, killing 257 people and injured 713.
The accused waited anxiously in the dock as the judge heard arguments from prosecution and defence lawyers before stating he would give his verdict next month.
As the court assembled, the names of the accused were called out and their attendence taken.
Defence lawyer Farhana Shah objected to the court going ahead with the dictation of its verdict, saying accused Abu Salem had filed a petition in Bombay High Court challenging the TADA court's order separating his trial from that of the other accused. The matter was posted for August 14, she told the court.
Strongly opposing her plea, prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam pointed out the high court had not stayed the TADA court's order in this matter. The TADA court could therefore go ahead with the dictation of its verdict, he argued.
Accepting Nikam's argument, Judge Kode decided to go ahead with dictating his judgement.
Security was beefed up in the court and its vicinity with the accused, lawyers and journalists having to undergo a thorough check before entering the premises.
Police clamped prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC, banning the assembly of five or more persons in the area surrounding the court. |
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