A city court had in April 2010 convicted six JKIF militants, awarding death sentence to three of them and life sentence to their fourth accomplice.
The Delhi police on Tuesday sought from the Delhi High Court the confirmation of death sentence to three militants for their involvement in the Police asks HC to confirm death penalty to 3 blast convicts in the 1996 Lajpat Nagar blast in which 13 people were killed and 38 injured.
Delhi Police Standing Counsel Pawan Sharma sought confirmation of death sentence for the three Jammu Kashmir Islamic Front (JKIF) militants, arguing before the bench of justices S Ravindra Bhat and ML Mehta that the trial court had rightly convicted them and awarded them the capital punishment as there was ample evidence to prove their complicity in the terror act.
A city court had in April 2010 convicted six JKIF militants, awarding death sentence to Mohd Naushad, Mohd Ali Bhatt and Mirza Nissar Hussain and sentenced their fourth accomplice Javed Ahmed Khan to life term.
The remaining two convicts, Farooq Ahmed Khan and his woman accomplice Farida Dar, who had been held guilty for minor offences under the Explosive Substances Act and the Arms Act, were sentenced to imprisonment for seven years and four years and two months respectively.
Appearing for city police, Sharma said basing on the prosecution evidence and the testimony of witnesses in the case, the trial court had rightly held convicted all the six.
Sharma pointed out to the high court that the trial court had convicted all the militants also on the basis of judicial confession of Javed, who was also involved in the Jaipur blast.
"The judicial confession of Javed established the involvement of all the accused persons in the Lajpat Nagar Central Market blast case and the trial court had passed its verdict after considering the statement," said Sharma.
He further cited the statements of witnesses and argued saying that even the witness had recognised the accused who had parked the car in which the bomb was placed on the date of incident.
The bench, which is hearing the plea of police for confirmation of death penalty as well as the appeal filed by the accused persons challenging the trial court's conviction order, heard the prosecution argument partly and adjourned the matter for tomorrow for further hearing.
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