New Delhi: The sentencing in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case on Wednesday saw the first high-profile conviction with TADA court awarding life imprisonment to the person considered to be one of the main conspirators.
Special Judge P D Kode sentenced 83-year-old Dawood Phanse to life imprisonment and also imposed a fine of Rs two lakh on him. He added Phanse was spared the death penalty considering his age.
Phanse went to Dubai to attend a meeting with gangster and prime accused Dawood Ibrahim where the conspiracy of the blasts was allegedly hatched.
Muzzamil Umar Kadri - guilty of participating in landing explosives and arms at Shekhadi in Raigad and illegal possession of 13 AK-56 rifles- was sentenced to life imprisonment and a fine of Rs 1.25 lakh was slapped on him.
Khalil Nasir, also convicted for his role in the Shekhadi arms landing, was awarded 10 years rigorous imprisonment and directed to pay a fine of Rs 1.25 lakh by the court. Another convict, Mohammed Dawood Khan, found guilty of keeping three AK-56 rifles in his posession, was given six years RI and ordered to pay a fine of Rs 50,000.
The court sentenced Mohammed Yusuf Botomiya to six years' RI and ordered him to pay a fine of Rs 50,000 for illegally possessing a AK-56 rifle. Aziz Shaikh, found guilty of illegal arms possession, was given five years' RI and orered to pay a fine of Rs 25,000.
The court also sentenced Salim Durrani, the scion of the formerly princely state of Tonk, to five years' RI and Rs 25,000, for illegal possession of an AK-56 rifle. Liyakat Khan, convicted for his role in the Shekhadi landing and keeping explosives in his father's godown was sentenced to five years' rigorous imprisonment and ordered to pay a fine of Rs 35,000.
(With PTI inputs)
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