12Photo© timesofindia.indiatimes.com2008 Ahmedabad Blasts: Judge Awards Death Sentence to 38 Convicts, Life to 11
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A special court on Friday, 18 February, pronounced death sentence to 38 out of 49 convicts in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case, reported news agency ANI. Meanwhile, the 11 other convicts have received life imprisonment, reported The Indian Express.
Pronouncing the quantum of punishment to the convicts in the case on Friday, Special Judge AR Patel awarded a compensation of Rs 1 lakh for those who had been killed in the blasts.
A series of 21 blasts had rocked the city in a span of 70 minutes on 26 July 2008.
A total of 49 persons accused in the blasts, which killed 56 people and injured over 200, had been convicted by a special court on Tuesday, 8 February. The court had acquitted 28 other accused involved in the case.