Ahmedabad blasts:HC Cites Scale of Terror, 56 Deaths in Upholding Death Penalty for 38 IM Operatives

'Victims being Hindus was not a mere coincidence': Gujarat HC says 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts were planned to target Hindus

The Gujarat High Court, in its detailed 2,223-page judgment on the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts, held that Hindus were the intended targets of the terror conspiracy, upheld the death penalty for 38 convicts as a "rarest of rare" case, and affirmed life imprisonment for 11 others.

Ahmedabad blasts: Why HC upheld death sentence for 38 IM terrorists

A division bench of justices AY Kogje and Samir Dave, in its July 7 judgment cited the 'humongous' conspiracy, the intention to spread widespread terror and the large number of casualties as key reasons for affirming the punishment.

Ahmedabad Blasts: Gujarat HC upholds death for 38 IM operatives

Gujarat HC has upheld the death sentences of 38 IM operatives and life imprisonment for 11 others in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case

Ahmedabad blasts: HC cites scale of terror, conspiracy to uphold death penalty for 38 Indian Mujahideen operatives - The Tribune

On July 26, 2008, a series of 21 bomb blasts ripped through different areas of Ahmedabad in a span of 70 minutes, killing 56 persons and leaving more than 200 others injured.

HC confirms death penalty for 38 in Ahmedabad terror blasts

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court, while upholding the death sentence of 38 operatives of the terror outfit Indian Mujahideen (IM) in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts, cited the large number of casualties, the “humongous” conspiracy and the intention to spread widespread terror as key reasons for affirming the punishment. A division bench of justices A Y Kogje and Samir Dave, in its July 7 judgment — a copy of which was made available on Monday …

Accused showed no remorse: Gujarat HC in 2,215-page judgment upholding death penalty for 38

A total of 77 persons faced criminal trial in the case who were alleged to be associated with ‘Indian Mujahideen’, believed to be an offshoot of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI).