The court sentenced four accused who were present during the trial and others at large in absentia to prison sentences ranging from five to ten years and fines ranging from AED 5 to 10 million.
A special NIA court in Gujarat has convicted two accused in a fake currency conspiracy case under which counterfeit notes were sought to be circulated in the state after being procured from West Bengal, said an NIA official release on Wednesday.
According to a statement from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the agency registered a case on January 31, 2014, on the request of the Mizoram government against the two accused on the allegations of misappropriation of about Rs 5.74 crore for the upgradation of Civil Hospital, Aiz
The court said, "The convicts formed an unlawful assembly, the object whereof was to cause maximum damage to the persons belonging to Hindu community as well as their properties and to create fear & insecurity in the minds of the members of the Hindu community."
The Supreme Court on Tuesday posted for July 11 a batch of petitions challenging the pre-mature release of 11 convicts who had gang-raped Bilkis Bano and murdered her family members during the 2002 Godhra riots.
The Centre and Gujarat governments on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that they will not seek a review of the top court's earlier order directing them to place original records for remitting the sentence of 11 convicts in Bilkis Bano case
Anand Mohan was released from Saharsa prison on April 27, after the Nitish Kumar government amended the Bihar Prison Manual 2012 thus allowing the release of 27 convicts including the gangster-turned-politician.
The Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi on Saturday convicted a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from the Seelampur constituency Abdul Rehman, for criminally intimidating and assaulting a Government School Principal in the year 2009. He is a MLA from Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
This comes after Gangster-turned-politician Anand Mohan Singh walked free from Bihar's Saharsa jail early Thursday morning, a move which was mandated following the amendment of the prison rules by the Bihar government allowing the release of 27 convicts including him.