Supreme Court junks bail plea of convicts in 1998 Coimbatore blasts case
Express News Service
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the bail pleas of among the convicts within the 1998 Coimbatore bomb blasts case whereas noting that their act, by which 58 folks misplaced their lives, was “unforgivabale.”
Hearing the pleas by the convicts who mentioned they have been behind bars for over twenty years, a bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul mentioned “bail is out of question” for these concerned within the “atrocious” incident.
The convicts have been approaching the apex courtroom difficult the Madras High Court verdict upholding their conviction and sentence being listed for the primary week of February 2024.
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One of the advocates showing for the convicts, whereas pleading for bail, mentioned they’ve been awarded life imprisonment and are in custody for the final round 25 years.
“How many people died?” requested the bench, additionally comprising Justices C T Ravikumar and Sudhanshu Dhulia. When instructed concerning the variety of folks killed within the serial blasts, the courtroom mentioned, “They have been convicted for something in which 58 people had died.”
“Bail is out of question,” noticed the bench, because the counsel for the state mentioned aside from killing so many individuals, what the convicts had achieved to town was “unforgivable”.
“Look at what you have done. The nature of the crime is an important factor (in granting bail). The bail applications are dismissed,” the highest courtroom remarked.
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the bail pleas of among the convicts within the 1998 Coimbatore bomb blasts case whereas noting that their act, by which 58 folks misplaced their lives, was “unforgivabale.”
Hearing the pleas by the convicts who mentioned they have been behind bars for over twenty years, a bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul mentioned “bail is out of question” for these concerned within the “atrocious” incident.
The convicts have been approaching the apex courtroom difficult the Madras High Court verdict upholding their conviction and sentence being listed for the primary week of February 2024.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
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One of the advocates showing for the convicts, whereas pleading for bail, mentioned they’ve been awarded life imprisonment and are in custody for the final round 25 years.
“How many people died?” requested the bench, additionally comprising Justices C T Ravikumar and Sudhanshu Dhulia. When instructed concerning the variety of folks killed within the serial blasts, the courtroom mentioned, “They have been convicted for something in which 58 people had died.”
“Bail is out of question,” noticed the bench, because the counsel for the state mentioned aside from killing so many individuals, what the convicts had achieved to town was “unforgivable”.
“Look at what you have done. The nature of the crime is an important factor (in granting bail). The bail applications are dismissed,” the highest courtroom remarked.
