Gujarat High Court upholds death penalty for 38 convicts in 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case

The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday upheld a special court's 2022 verdict sentencing 38 convicts to death and 11 others to life imprisonment in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case, which claimed 56 lives.

A division bench of Justices A Y Kogje and Samir Dave dismissed all appeals filed against the special court's order and affirmed the convictions and sentences awarded to members of the terror outfit Indian Mujahideen (IM).

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The serial blasts took place on July 26, 2008, when 21 explosions struck different parts of Ahmedabad within 70 minutes. The attacks killed 56 people and injured around 200 others. Several hospitals in the city were also among the targets.

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In 2022, a special court sentenced 38 Indian Mujahideen members to death and awarded life imprisonment to 11 other convicts in the case.