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The explosions claimed 54 lives and injured 244 people.<br \/>\nThe case comprises blasts at the Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar on August 25, 2003, the blast aboard a bus at Ghatkopar on July 28, 2003 and the planting of a bomb in a bus in the Santa Cruz Electronics Export Processing Zone on December 2, 2002, which, however, did not explode.<br \/>\nJudge M.R. 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