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Bhopal gas tragedy: CBI files appeal, wants punishment enhanced

CBI inspector RC Khan, accompanied by the agency's assistant public prosecutor Hemant Shukla, filed the appeal against the chief judicial magistrate (CJM) order of June 7.

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Updated : Jul 27, 2010, 10:00 PM IST

The CBI today filed an appeal in the sessions court here, seeking enhancement of the light punishment of two years of imprisonment awarded to convicts, including the then UCIL chairman Keshub Mahindra, in the Bhopal gas tragedy case.

District and sessions judge Subhash Kakade will hear the appeal on July 30.

The light punishment awarded by the trial court in the world's worst industrial disaster, that left nearly 15,000 dead, had evoked a national outrage

CBI Inspector RC Khan, accompanied by the agency's assistant public prosecutor Hemant Shukla, filed the appeal against the chief judicial magistrate (CJM) order of June 7 convicting seven former executives of Union Carbide of India Limited (UCIL) and sentencing them to two years imprisonment.

CBI filed the appeal under section 377 of CrPC.

Besides CBI, Madhya Pradesh government has also filed an appeal in the sessions court seeking enhancement of the punishment awarded to the convicts and the case is listed to be heard on August 2.

On the other hand, the convicts too have challenged the sentence handed down to them by the CJM court and their plea will be heard on September 28.

The then CJM Mohan P Tiwari had sentenced the seven accused to two years of imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs1,01750 each on them. All the convicts are out on bail.

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