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SC stays death sentence of two Mumbai blast convicts
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NewsByte on 07 April, 2008 10:14:00
 
Asgar Mukadam and Musa Tarani were sentenced to death for planting RDX filled
vehicles at the explosion sites on the fateful day of March 1993 that killed 10
people and injured 36.
Hearing other petitions filed in relation to the case, the apex court also
issued notices to the Mumbai government and CBI on bail petitions filed by three
other convicts of the blasts - Suleman Mohammed Basam Ghawake, Bashir Ahmed
Usman Gani and Dawood Phanse.
Thirteen serial blasts rocked Mumbai on March 12, 1993, killing 257 people and
injuring around 1400. Around hundred people were convicted in the case including
Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt who was sentenced for six years. Presently he is out
on bail.