Meanwhile, a lawyer representing nearly 15 of the 38 facing the gallows, submitted before the bench of Justices Vipul Pancholi and Sandeep Bhatt that the accused convicts plan to file appeals in the next “15-20 days”.
Notably, none of the 38 convicts facing the gallows have appealed against the death sentence. Meanwhile, the state government Thursday pushed for moving ahead with the necessary procedures to confirm the death sentence.
A death sentence pronounced by a trial court is required to be confirmed by the HC under the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) . The death sentence can be executed upon confirmation from the high court.
A death sentence pronounced by a trial court is required to be confirmed by the Gujarat HC under the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The death sentence can be executed upon confirmation from the high court.
Now retired, Inspector Arun Chavan was put on the case by the then Crime Branch chief Rakesh Maria days after the blasts on July 26, 2008, after it came to light that the cars suspected to have been used in the attack had been stolen from Navi Mumbai.
The court noted that the motive of the accused was to 'overthrow the (state) government and to arouse anger of the people against (then) Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi and his ministers and MLAs'.
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