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10 years jail for 2008 Thane blasts convicts
Tuesday August 30, 2011 06:36:57 PM,
IANS
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A Mumbai sessions court Monday
convicted two of the six accused in the 2008 Thane theatre blast
that injured seven people. Four others were acquitted for lack of
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Mumbai:
A Mumbai court Tuesday sentenced two men to 10 years rigorous
imprisonment for the 2008 Thane and Vashi bomb blasts.
The duo Ramesh Gadkari and Vikram Bhave were also slapped with a
fine of Rs.11,000 each for their role in the blasts in two
theatres and a cinema in Thane, Vashi and Panvel in mid-2008.
Sessions Judge N.V. Nhavkar had Monday found them guilty in the
case while acquitting four others for lack of evidence.
The four men acquitted are Mangesh Nikam, Santosh Angre, Hemant
Chalke and Hari Divekar.
The prosecution had contended that all the six accused in the case
were members of a fanatical Hindu organization, Sanatan Sanstha,
though the defence lawyer Sanjeev Punalekar said that the name of
the organization did not figure anytime during the trial.
"The judge also observed that the accused did not belong to any
group, terrorist or otherwise," Punalekar pointed out.
Both Gadkari and Bhave were found guilty on charges under sections
324 (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous means), 201 (causing
disappearance of evidence) and 427 (mischief causing damage to
public property) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
The prosecution had charged them of criminal conspiracy and
planting bombs, attempt to murder as well as sections of the
Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, Explosive Substances Act and
Arms Act.
However, the charges under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention)
Act and section 307 (attempt to murder) of the IPC were later
dropped against all the accused, he added.
On June 4, 2008, a low intensity bomb exploded in the parking area
of the Gadkari Rangayatan (theatre) in Thane, leaving seven people
injured
The bomb was ostensibly to protest against a play being staged
there, "Amhi Pachpute" which allegedly portrayed Hindu gods and
goddesses in poor light.
Earlier that year, May 31, a low intensity bomb exploded at the
Vishnu Bhave Auditorium in Vashi, Thane district, while a live
bomb was recovered from the Cineraj cinema at Panvel, Raigad
district.
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