Gujarat High Court upholds death sentence for 38 accused and life term for 11 persons in 2008 Ahmedabad serial blast case

The Gujarat High Court has upheld a special court’s order sentencing 38 convicts to death and 11 others to life imprisonment in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case.

A Division Bench comprising Justices A.Y. Kogje and Samir Dave dismissed all appeals challenging the special court’s verdict and upheld the sentences awarded to members of the terror outfit Indian Mujahideen in the case.

On 26 July 2008, a series of 21 bomb blasts rocked Ahmedabad within a span of 70 minutes, killing 56 people and injuring over 200 others. Some hospitals in the city were also targeted.

In 2022, a special court sentenced 38 members of the Indian Mujahideen to death and 11 others to life imprisonment.