The Telangana High Court on Tuesday upheld a trial court바카라™s verdict giving the death penalty to five senior operatives of the banned terror outfit, Indian Mujahideen, involved in a bomb blast that left 18 people dead and 131 injured in 2013.
A bench of Justice K Lakhshman and Justice P Sree Sudha dismissed the criminal revision appeal filed by the IM operatives while upholding the NIA court바카라™s judgment.
"The penalty imposed by the trial court is confirmed," the bench said.
On December 13, 2016 the NIA court convicted the five members, including IM co-founder Mohd Ahmed Sidibapa alias Yasin Bhatkal, Pakistani national Zia-ur-Rahman alias Waqas, Asadullah Akhtar alias Haddi, Tahaseen Akhtar alias Monu and Ajaz Shaikh.
Two deadly explosions in Dilsukhnagar, a crowded shopping area in the city, took place on February 21, 2013.
