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| YakubÂ’s death sentence stayed |
| 2008-01-29 |
| New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the execution of the death sentence awarded to Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, brother of the underworld don Tiger Memon, for his role in the 1993 Mumbai blasts. A Bench consisting of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and Justices Tarun Chatterjee and R.V. Raveendran passed the order on YakubÂ’s appeal challenging a TADA court judgment holding him guilty of arranging for finance for the conspiracy and distributing weapons. The Bench also granted bail to Anjum Abdul Razak Memon, another brother of Tiger Memon, taking into consideration senior counsel Harish SalveÂ’s submission that the petitioner, who was awarded life imprisonment, had already spent more than 12 years in jail. It posted to February 5 hearing on the bail applications of six appellants, including two belonging to the Memon family who were awarded life imprisonment for conspiracy and other serious charges and one convict, who was awarded 10-year imprisonment. Appearing for the Central Bureau of Investigation, Additional Solicitor-General Gopal Subramaniam submitted a chart indicating the nature of the offences of the eight appellants, the role they played, the period of sentence and the duration already undergone by each of them in prison. While not opposing bail to Anjum Memon, counsel opposed bail to others. |
| Posted by:john frum |