The Death sentence has been awarded to Yakub Memon by the Supreme court here in Delhi today.<\/p>\n
Yakub was the person who involved in the 1993 Mumbai serial blast\u00a0conspiracy\u00a0with Dawood Ibrahim and other absconders in the conspiracy\u00a0and blamed Pakistan for involvement.<\/p>\n
A bench comprising Justices P Sathasivam and B S Chauhan noted that the conspiracy was hatched in Pakistan in violation of all International norms.<\/p>\n
It dismissed the contention of the convicts that the TADA court, Mumbai did not follow fair and correct procedure during the trial.<\/p>\n
As many as 257 people were killed and 700 others injured in a series of bomb blasts that rocked Mumbai on March 12, 1993.<\/p>\n
The Court commuted the death sentence of 10 convicts to life imprisonment and upheld the life imprisonment awarded to 17 others<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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