Lajpat Nagar Blast: Separatists Say Sentence is 'Severe' Srinagar | Apr 22, 2010
Source: Outlook india
The separatists today said the death penalty awarded to three convicts by a Delhi Court in the Lajpat Nagar bomb blast case was "severe".
"The decision of death penalty is severe," the moderate faction of Hurriyat Conference headed by Mirwaiz Umer Farooq said in a statement.
The Hurriyat called for a complete shutdown tomorrow to protest the verdict and urged clerics to lead peaceful protests after Friday prayers.
The hardline faction of Hurriyat headed by Syed Ali Shah Geelani said it has convened a meeting tomorrow to discuss future course of action
Jamaat-e-Islami said the Supreme Court "had in various important judgements unambiguously laid down that a mere confessional statement of an accused can't be made basis for awarding any punishment".
Mass Movement headed by one of the convicts Farida Dar, who was held guilty under milder penal provisions but allowed to walk free by the court, said it will decide on future course of action after consultations with hardline faction of Hurriyat, of which it is a constituent.
The court said that the imprisonment served by Dar and convict Farooq Ahmed Khan during the trial was their punishment.
The District and Sessions court awarded death penalty to Mohd Naushad, Mohd Ali Bhatt and Mirza Nissar Hussain --members of militant outfit Jammu Kashmir Islamic Front (JKIF) for the 1996 Lajpat Nagar blast which had claimed 13 lives.
The court also awarded rigorous life imprisonment to convict Javed Ahmed Khan.
The separatists today said the death penalty awarded to three convicts by a Delhi Court in the Lajpat Nagar bomb blast case was "severe".
"The decision of death penalty is severe," the moderate faction of Hurriyat Conference headed by Mirwaiz Umer Farooq said in a statement.
The Hurriyat called for a complete shutdown tomorrow to protest the verdict and urged clerics to lead peaceful protests after Friday prayers.
The hardline faction of Hurriyat headed by Syed Ali Shah Geelani said it has convened a meeting tomorrow to discuss future course of action
Jamaat-e-Islami said the Supreme Court "had in various important judgements unambiguously laid down that a mere confessional statement of an accused can't be made basis for awarding any punishment".
Mass Movement headed by one of the convicts Farida Dar, who was held guilty under milder penal provisions but allowed to walk free by the court, said it will decide on future course of action after consultations with hardline faction of Hurriyat, of which it is a constituent.
The court said that the imprisonment served by Dar and convict Farooq Ahmed Khan during the trial was their punishment.
The District and Sessions court awarded death penalty to Mohd Naushad, Mohd Ali Bhatt and Mirza Nissar Hussain --members of militant outfit Jammu Kashmir Islamic Front (JKIF) for the 1996 Lajpat Nagar blast which had claimed 13 lives.
The court also awarded rigorous life imprisonment to convict Javed Ahmed Khan.
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