Both Alware and Adhikari have moved an application before the Tada court stating that they have already spent three years in jail and therefore should be set free.
Rashid Alware and Sharif Adhikari have been convicted under the Customs Act in the 1993 serial blasts case. The charges they have been convicted under carry a maximum jail term of three years.
Both Alware and Adhikari have moved an application before the Tada court stating that they have already spent three years in jail and therefore should be set free.
Their application is likely to be heard by the Tada court on Tuesday. According to their lawyer, Farhana Shah, both the Raigad residents were held guilty for abetting the landing of arms and ammunition at Shekhadi. They were acquitted of Tada charges as Judge PD Kode held that they did not have knowledge about the contents of the consignment they landed.
Alware was arrested in April 1993 and released on bail in November 1995. He was once again taken into custody after his conviction on October 11 last year. Similarly, Adhikari was arrested in April 1993, released on bail in December 1995 and taken back into custody after his conviction on October 12.
The Tada court is expected to begin pronouncing the punishment for the convicted in the case from April 19.
A total of 100 accused were convicted in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts case, a majority of them under the provisions of the stringent Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act. However, many feel that masterminds Tiger Memon, Mohammed Dossa and underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and other prime conspirators, like Dawood's brother Anees, Anwar Theba and Javed Chikna, are all absconding.
Meanwhile, more than 60 of those convicted in the case filed an application in the Tada court on March 6, wherein they sought a retrial and a review of their cases.Another grouse expressed by the convicts is that they have not been properly represented during the course of the trial.
However, the convicts will have to wait for the final judgement, which will also include the reasoning for the convictions, before they can file an appeal in the Supreme Court.
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