KAHC010422252008_1

High Court: Karnataka High Court Bench: BENGALURU
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KAHC010422252008_1

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Case Details

2014 LawText (KAR) (12) 12

Crl.R.C. No.3/2008, Crl.A. No.1203/2008, Crl.A. No.24/2009

2014-12-17

N Kumar, Rathnakala

Hashmath Pasha (for appellants), H N Nilogal (Special Public Prosecutor)

Syed Mohammed Ibrahim & Others

State of Karnataka

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Nature of Litigation

Criminal appeal against conviction and reference for confirmation of death sentence

Remedy Sought

State seeks confirmation of death sentence of A.10; appellants seek setting aside of convictions and sentences

Filing Reason

Bomb blast at St. Peter and Paul Church on 09.07.2000; trial court convicted accused including A.10 under IPC sections and other laws; death sentence awarded necessitating reference under S.366 Cr.P.C.

Previous Decisions

Trial in S.C.No.696/2005 by XXXIV Addl. City Civil & Sessions Judge, Special Court; conviction on 21-11-2008, sentence on 29-11-2008; A.10 sentenced to death.

Judgment Excerpts

A series of bomb blasts at Churches situate at various places rocked the State of Karnataka in the year 2000 attempting to disturb the normal tranquility of the civilized society... Siddique Deendar Channabasaveshwara came out with the theory that the ancestors of Lingayaths originally belonged to Arab Country... The Deendars however remained active proselytizers... as recorded by Dr.K.M.Munshi in 'The End of an Era: Hyderabad Memoirs'

Procedural History

Trial concluded in S.C.No.696/2005 with conviction of accused including A.10 on 21-11-2008; death sentence awarded to A.10 on 29-11-2008. Reference under S.366 Cr.P.C. registered as Crl.R.C.3/2008. Criminal appeals filed by A.10 (Crl.A.1203/2008) and by A.7,8,9,11,12,13,18,19,20,21,22,24,25,26,27 (Crl.A.24/2009); appeal of A.15 abated. Cases heard together and judgment pronounced on 17-12-2014.

Acts & Sections

  • Indian Penal Code, 1860: 120-B, 121-A, 124-A, 153-A
  • Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: 235(2), 366, 374(2)
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