(The) Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act Court’s Judgment on the 1993 Serial Bomb Blasts in Mumbai

Number

Date of Judgment

Persons Convicted

Charges

Acts Invoked

Sentence

Yakub: Found guilty of conspiracy and financing the blasts through co-accused Mulchand Shah and the firm M/s Tejarat International owned by Ayub Memon; Also convicted for providing tickets to the co - accused to travel to Pakistan for training in arms and ammunition; Also found guilty of possessing arms and ammunition and distributing them among theco-accused besides purchasing vehicles used in the explosions.

Essa: Found guilty of conspiracy and allowing use of his flat at Al-Husseni building in Mahim for meetings to plan the blasts and storing arms, and ammunition.

Yusuf and Rubeena: Also convicted on similar charges.

Yakub Memon: Death sentence and a fine of INR 3,75,000.

Rubeena Memon: Life imprisonment.

Yusuf Memon: Life imprisonment and a fine of INR 1, 50, 000.

Essa Memon: Life imprisonment and a fine of INR 1, 50, 000.

Accused Number Nine, Ghansar is held guilty on 14 charges of killing 17 persons and attempted murder of 57 injured in the Zaveri Bazaar blast triggered through an RDX-laden scooter parked outside a jewellery shop on March 12, 1993.

Also found guilty of conspiring and ‘‘knowingly facilitating’’ the three hotel blasts — at the Centaur hotels and Hotel Sea Rock at Bandra.

Death sentence. Also awarded life imprisonment under Section 120-b of the IPC and fine of INR 2,75,000

Mukadam, a former accountant of Tiger Memon, and Qureshi were found guilty of parking an RDX-laden car at Plaza theatre which exploded on March 12, 1993, at 3.15 pm killing ten persons and injuring 36 besides damaging property worth INR 87 lakhs.

Both were also held guilty of conspiracy in the 1993 bomb blasts, distributing funds for terrorist acts and stuffing RDX in cars which exploded killing 257 persons and injuring 713.

Mukadam was also found guilty for assisting the other accused to plant explosive-laden bags in three five star hotels -- Sea Rock (Bandra), Centaur (Juhu) and Centaur (Airport). There was no casualty in these blasts but damage to properties was estimated at INR 13.1 crores.

Qureshi was convicted under TADA (P) Act for going to Pakistan for arms training and taking part in arms landing operations in Raigad Coast.

Shahnawaz Qureshi: Death sentence and a total fine of INR 3,75,000.

Asgar Yusuf Mukadam: Death sentence and a total fine of INR 4,25,000.

Accused Number 11, Turk was convicted for the Century Bazaar blast. Turk is accused of placing RDX under a manhole at Century Bazaar. The blast took place when a bus ran over the explosives, killing about 113 people.

Also held guilty for participating in landing of RDX and arms and ammunition at Shekhadi and transporting the same to Mumbai.

Also held guilty of charges of attending meetings at the residence of co-accused Babloo alias Nasir Anwar Shaikh and Mubina Baya Moosa Bhiwandiwala to plan the blasts.

Also held guilty of filling the RDX and fitting detonators in motor vehicles which were used as bombs at various places in Mumbai on March 12, 1993.

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September 21, 2006

Parvez Nazir Ahmed Shaikh

Shaikh parked a RDX-laden scooter at Katha Bazaar in south Mumbai, where the vehicle exploded at 2.15 p.m, killing four persons and injuring 21.

Also held guilty of planting a suitcase, filled with RDX and a timer device, in room 1840 of Sea Rock Hotel at Bandra. The blast caused damage to the tune of INR 9 crore.

Guilty of taking part in the landing of arms, and ammunition at Shekhadi in Raigad district in February 1993.

Section 3 (3) of TADA, in addition to Section 120 (b) of the Indian Penal Code (criminal conspiracy)

Death Penalty and fine of INR 525,000

6

September 22, 2006

Dawood Mohammed Phanse

Accused Number 14, Phanse alias Dawood Taklya (aged 82) was convicted on charges of attending a meeting in Dubai convened by Dawood Ibrahim to plan the conspiracy and later for organising the landing of arms, ammunitions and explosives on Shekhadi coast in Raigad district on February 3 and 7, 1993.

Also held responsible for "facilitating acts preparatory to terrorist acts."

Section 3 and Section 6 of the TADA and 120-b of the Indian Penal Code.

Life Imprisonment and a fine of INR 200,000.

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September 22, 2006

Sharif Abdul Gafoor Parkar

Accused Number 17, Parkar was held guilty of identifying a location for arms training, helping transport the weapons, and arranging meetings to clear the smuggled goods.

Section 3 (3) and 6 of TADA.

14-year rigorous imprisonment and a fine of INR 300,000.

Accused No 23, Mohammed Iqbal Yusuf Shaikh, a former mechanic, and Accused No 49, Nasim Ashraf Barmare, were guilty of driving a motorcycle to the Sahar international airport in Mumbai on March 12, 1993, and lobbinga hand-grenade at Bay 54.

Both were held guilty of undergoing weapons training in the Bhor Ghat and Sandheri areas near Raigad district, attending conspiratorial meetings, and filling RDX in vehicles.

Barmare, the pillion rider, was guilty of throwing a grenade with the intention of damaging the aircraft. The bomb had exploded in mid-air, leaving the aircraft untouched.

Shaikh was held guilty of parking an RDX-laden scooter at Naigaum crossroad.

Section 3 (3) of TADA Act (aiding and abetting), Section 120-b IPC (conspiracy), Section 307 IPC (attempt to murder), Section 435 IPC (damage to property) and Sections 3, 4 and 6 of the Explosive Substances Act.

Nasim Ashraf Barmare: Life Imprisonment and a fine of INR 230,000

Mohammed Iqbal Yusuf Shaikh: Death Sentence.

Accused No 116, V. K. Patil, was guilty of taking decision to allow a consignment of arms and explosives, including RDX, to pass through a checkpost in Mumbai on January 9, 1993.

Accused No 110, Shrikrishna Palshikar, Accused 101, Shrikrishna Palshikar, Accused No 70, Ashok Muneshwar, and Accused No 99, Pandarinath Mahadik, were guilty of carrying out the orders of the Sub-Inspector, Patil to allow arms and explosives to enter Mumbai.

Palshikar, Mali, Muneshwar and Mahadik: Six-year rigorous imprisonment and a fine of INR 25,000 each.

Vijay Patil: Life Imprisonment and a fine of INR 200000.

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September 27, 2006

Mustaq Musa Tarani

Accused No 44, Tarani was held guilty of all 12 charges, including planting a RDX-filled suitcase in Juhu Centaur Hotel on March 12, 1993.

Also held guilty of parking another RDX-laden scooter on Sheikh Memon Street on the same day.

Found guilty of participating in a meeting at Taj Mahal Hotel with the absconding accused Tiger Memon and Javed Chikna.

Sections 120-b (criminal conspiracy), 307 (attempt to murder), 324 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 436 (causing damage to a human dwelling) of the IPC; Various Sections of the Explosive Substances Act; and Section 3 (3) (aiding and abetting in a terrorist act) and 3 (2) (i) (terrorist act not resulting in death) of the TADA.

Death Penalty

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September 28, 2006

Sarfaraz Phanse, an aide of the prime accused Tiger Memon and son of Dawood Takla (convicted earlier by the same court).

Accused No. 20, Phanse was found guilty of facilitating the landing of explosives used in the 1993 Mumbai blasts at Shekhadi coast in the Raigad district of Maharashtra.

Explosive Substances Act

Nine years’ rigorous imprisonment and a fine of INR 25, 000.

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September 29, 2006

Gul Mohammed Shaikh, Mohammed Hanif Shaikh, Mohammed Isaar, Shaikh Ibrahim Shaikh and Usman Man Khan. (Associates of the prime accused Tiger Memon)

Accused No 77, Gul Mohammed Shaikh, Accused No 92, Mohammed Hanif Shaikh, Accused No 95, Mohammed Isaar, Accused No 108, Shaikh Ibrahim Shaikh, and Accused No 115, Usman Man Khan, were guilty of having travelled to Pakistan via Dubai in January and February 1993 and receiving training from Tiger Memon in making car bombs and using hand grenades and other weapons for the purpose of Bombay bomb blasts.

Section 120-b of the IPC (conspiracy) and section 3 (3) of the TADA (aiding and abetting terrorists acts)

Gul Mohammed: Six years imprisonment and a fine of INR 15,000.

Mohammed Hanif: Six years imprisonment.

Mohammed Isaar: Six years imprisonment.

Sheikh Ibrahim Sheikh: Six years imprisonment.

Usman Man Khan: Six years imprisonment.

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October 3, 2006

Niyaz Ahmed Shaikh, an aide of the absconding prime accused Tiger Memon

Accused No 98, Sheikh, was held guilty of all charges against him.

Held guilty of having traveled to Pakistan via Dubai and receiving arms and ammunition training and participating in a meeting at co-accused Nazir Ahmed Anwar’s house to chalk out the plan for the serial blasts on March 12, 1993.

Also found guilty of being part of the team that did a recce at the BMC headquarters along with co-accused Javed Chikna and Shaikh Ali.

Section 120-b of the IPC (conspiracy) and section 3 (3) of the TADA (aiding and abetting terrorists acts)

Niyaz Ahmed Shaikh: Life imprisonment.

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October 5, 2006

Nasir Abdul Kadar Keval alias Nasir Dhakla and Mohammed Rafiq Usman Shaikh, two aides of the absconding prime accused Tiger Memon

Nasir Abdul Kadar Keval and Accused No 94, Mohammed Rafiq Usman Shaikh were held guilty of undergoing arms training in Pakistan and attending conspiracy meetings prior to the 1993 serial bomb blasts case in Mumbai.

Nasir was also found guilty of participating in landing of arms and explosives in the coastal Raigad district before the blasts.

Section 3 (3) of TADA Act (aiding and abetting terrorist act) and Section 120-b IPC (conspiracy)

Nasir Abdul Kadar Keval alias Nasir Dhakla: Life imprisonment and a fine of INR 50,000.

Mohammed Rafiq Usman: Seven years rigorous imprisonment.

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October 6, 2006

Shaikh Ali Shaikh Umar, Parvez Qureshi and Shahi Nizammudin Qureshi

Umar, Parvez Qureshi and Shahi Qureshi were held guilty of smuggling arms and explosives, used in the 1993 Mumbai bombings, ashore on India's western coast, and then into Mumbai.

Guilty of packing powerful explosives into scooters, cars, jeeps targeting the Bombay Stock Exchange, cinema halls, petrol pumps, the passport office, crowded jewelry and cloth markets and two hotels.

Umar was also guilty of recruiting another person and conducting reconnaissance work on some of the targets.

Umar and Parvez Qureshi were guilty of making abortive plans to carry out attacks.

TADA, IPC, Explosive Substances Act, and Arms Act

Shahi Nizammudin Qureshi: 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment and a fine of INR 25,000.

Parvez Qureshi: Life imprisonment and a fine of INR 50,000.

Shaikh Ali Shaikh Umar: Life Imprisonment.

16

October 10, 2006

Yashwant Bhoinkar, Abbas Dawood Shekhdare and Shahjahan Shekhdare `

Three fishermen, Bhoinkar, Dawood Shekhdare and Shahjahan Shekhdare, were held guilty of smuggling contraband used in the 1993 serial blasts in Mumbai.

Held of providing trawlers used to ferry arms and ammunition used in the blasts, from the high seas to Shekhadi on the coast of Raigad on February 2 and February 7, 1993.

Arms Act, Explosive Substances Act and Customs Act

Three years Rigorous Imprisonment and a fine of INR 25,000 each .

Parvez Qureshi: Life imprisonment and a fine of INR 50,000.

17

October 11, 2006

Suleiman Ghawate, Yusuf Khan alias Kayum, Rashid Alware and Abdul Aziz Gharalkar

Held guilty of landing of arms and ammunition at Shekhadi, off the Raigad coast, in February 1993.

Ghawate, Kayum and Alware were found guilty of bringing in armaments. Gharalkar was found guilty of aiding and abetting terrorism.

TADA, IPC, Explosive Substances Act, and Arms Act

Rashid Alware: Three years Rigorous Imprisonment and a fine of INR 25,000 each.

Abdul Aziz Gharalkar: Six years prison term and fine of INR 55, 000.

Suleiman Ghawate: Seven-years’ rigorous imprisonment and a fine of INR 25,000.

Yusuf Khan alias Kayum: Five years prison term and fine of INR 25, 000.

18

October 12, 2006

Shaikh Ethesham, Shahnawaz Khan, Sharif Khan Abbas Adikari and Sujjad Alam alias Iqbal Abdul Hakam Nasir

Shaikh, Shahnawaz, Sharif and Sujjad were held guilty of helping prime conspirator Tiger Memon in smuggling and landing of arms and explosives, used in the 1993 serial bomb blasts in Mumbai, at Shekhadi.

Section 120-b (conspiracy) of IPC and Section 3(3) (aiding and abetting terror acts) of the TADA Act, Section 111 of the Customs Act

Sharif Khan Abbas Adikari: Three years Rigorous Imprisonment and a fine of INR 25,000 each.

Sujjad Alam: Seven years' rigorous imprisonment and fine of INR 50, 000.

Shahnawaz Khan: 10 years rigorous imprisonment and fine of INR 50,000.

19

October 16, 2006

Muzamil Umar Kadri, Khalil Ahmed Sayyed Nazir, Gulam Hafeez Shaikh and Tulsiram Dhondu Surve

Found guilty of helping prime accused Tiger Memon in smuggling arms and RDX that were used in the 1993 serial blasts in Mumbai.

Kadri, Nazir and Gulam Hafeez were found guilty of taking part in RDX landing operations at Shekhadi coast in February 1993, for transporting weapons and for possessing arms.

Surve, watchman of the high security Wangani microwave tower in Raigad district, was guilty of allowing the use of Government property by Tiger Memon for assembling arms and reloading them in jeeps and tempos for distribution.

Surve was also found guilty of concealing 59 bags of RDX in his agricultural field in Raigad district.

Section 120-b (conspiracy) of IPC and Section 3(3) (aiding and abetting terror acts) of the TADA Act, Section 111 of the Customs Act

Tulsiram Dhondu Surve: Nine years' rigorous imprisonment and fine of INR 55,000.

Muzamil Umar Kadri: Life imprisonment and a fine of INR 125,000.

Khalil Ahmed Sayyed: 10-years’ rigorous imprisonment and a fine of INR 125,000.

20

October 17, 2006

Manoj Kumar Bhawarlal Gupta, Sayyed Abdul Rehman and Mohammed Kasam Lajpuria alias Mechanic Chacha, three close aides of the absconding prime convict Tiger Memon

Sayyed Rehman and Lajpuria were held guilty on various counts, including their participation in the landing of RDX and weapons used in the 1993 serial blasts in Mumbai.

Section 120-b (conspiracy) of IPC, Section 3(3) (aiding and abetting terror acts) of the TADA Act and Section 111 of the Customs Act

Mohammed Kasam Lajpuria alias Mechanic Chacha: 10 years' rigorous imprisonment and fine of INR 150000.

Manoj Kumar Bhawarlal Gupta: 14 years rigorous imprisonment and a fine of INR 275,000.

21

October 19, 2006

Uttam Potdar and Salim Mira Shaikh, Two close aides of a silver smuggler and the absconding key conspirator - Mohammed Dossa

Potdar and Shaikh were held guilty of abetting acts of terrorism by "knowingly facilitating" the landing of arms and ammunitions at Dighi jetty near Mumbai on January 9, 1993.

Shaikh was also found guilty of "conspiracy to commit terror."

Section 3(3) (aiding and abetting terror acts) of the TADA Act and Section 111 of the Customs Act

Uttam Potdar: 14 years' rigorous imprisonment and fine of INR 150000.

Salim Mirza Shaikh alias Salim Kutta: Life imprisonment and a fine of INR 200,000.

22

November 2, 2006

Two customs officials, Jayvant Gurav and S. S. Talawadekar and Ayub Ibrahim Qureshi

Gurav and Talawadekar were convicted for aiding and abetting key conspirators Tiger Memon and Dawood Ibrahim in landing the explosives and facilitating the transportation of the consignment from Raigad to Mumbai.

Qureshi was found guilty of possessing a pistol, 52 live rounds of ammunition and spare magazines in a notified area.

Section 3(3) (aiding and abetting terror acts) of the TADA Act

S. S. Talawadekar: Eight-year rigorous imprisonment and a fine of INR 200,000.

Jayvant Gurav: Eight-year rigorous imprisonment and a fine of INR 100,000.

Ayub Ibrahim Qureshi: Five years rigorous imprisonment and a fine of INR 25,000.

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November 3, 2006

Ashraf-Ur-Rehman, Mohaammed Yusuf Botomiyan and Shaikh Asif Yusuf

Ashraf-Ur-Rehman, was charged with possessing 85 hand grenades, 350 electronic detonators and 3,270 live cartridges of AK 56.

Botomiyan was found guilty of aiding and abetting a terrorist act and for possessing 980 cartridges and 32 magazines of AK-56.

Yusuf was found guilty of aiding and abetting terrorist act. Also held guilty for possessing four hand grenades.

TADA Act and Arms Act

Mohaammed Yusuf Botomiyan: Six years’ rigorous imprisonment and a fine of INR 50,000.

Shaikh Asif Yusuf: Eight years’ rigorous imprisonment.

Ashraf-Ur-Rehman: Life imprisonment and a fine of INR 200,000.

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November 9, 2006

Zameer Ibrahim Kadri, Faki Ali Faki Ahmed, Janardan Gambas, Abdullah Ibrahim Surti and Syed Ibrahim Kadri, collaborators of absconding Mohammed Dossa

Found guilty of possessing and concealing AK-56 rifles, 36 magazines and 19,500 bullets in the mango grove of accused Abdul Razzak Subedar. Also held guilty of disposing 19,000 bullets and magazines in the Kandargaon village of Raigad district.

Zameer: Held gulty of hatching conspiracy.

TADA (P) and Arms Acts

Janardan Gambas: Three years’ rigorous imprisonment and a fine of INR 25,000.

Faki Ali: Five years’ rigorous imprisonment and a fine of INR 25,000.

Abdullah Ibrahim Surti: Five years’ rigorous imprisonment and a fine of INR 25,000.

Syed Ibrahim Kadri: Five years’ rigorous imprisonment.

Zameer Ibrahim Kadri: Life imprisonment and a fine of INR 125000.

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November 10, 2006

Raju Jain, Ayub Ibrahim Patel, Farooq Motorwala and Mujib Parkar, Four associates of prime conspirator Tiger Memon

Guilty of supplying vehicles, concealing arms, attending meetings in Dubai and helping in landing operations leading to the Mumbai blasts of 1993. Also of aiding and abetting the terrorist act.

Jain: Guilty of supplying one of his men and four jeeps for transporting a consignment of arms, ammunition and explosives at Shekadi on February 3 and 7, 1993. Also guilty of lending a scooter purchased in the name of his employee and later used in the blast at Katha bazaar killing four persons and injuring 26 others.

Patel: Guilty of possessing 20 hand grenades as part of the arms consignment used for triggering the blasts. Also guilty of later concealing the cache in his flat in Noor building at Oshiwara.

Motorwala: Guilty of visiting Dubai under a fictitious passport in the name of Kazi Salim Ilyas to attend meetings along with Taher Taklya and Latif Bhogwala.

Also guilty of initiating co-accused Mohammed Jabir Khatlab into conspiracy. Khatlab got himself recruited for training in Pakistan.

Parkar: Guilty of assisting Tiger Memon in smuggling operations at Shekadi by purchasing gunny bags, under fictitious firms, used for wrapping the consignment of arms, ammunitions and explosives.

TADA (P), IPC and Arms Acts

Mujib Parkar: Five years in prison and a fine of INR 25,000.

Raju Jain: Seven years’ rigorous imprisonment and a fine of INR 100,000.

Ayub Ibrahim Patel: Ten years’ rigorous imprisonment.

Farooq Motorwala: 13 years rigorous imprisonment and fine of INR 25,000.

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November 14, 2006

Ehsan Mohammad Tufel Qureshi

Qureshi was found guilty of possessing a Mouser pistol which was part of the weapons consignment smuggled by Tiger Memon to engineer the serial blasts.

Section 5 of TADA (possession of weapon in notified area) and Sections of Arms Act.

Five years rigorous imprisonment and a fine of INR 25,000.

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November 15, 2006

Ahmed Shah Mubarak Shah alias Salim Khan Durrani, a politician as well as a member of the royal family of the erstwhile princely state of Tonk in Rajasthan, Aziz Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Sheikh, Mohammed Rafiq Musa Biyariwala and Mubina Paya Bhiwandiwalla, the adopted sister of absconding prime convict Tiger Memon

Durrani and Aziz Ahmed were held guilty of possessing arms.

Biyariwala and Mubina Paya Bhiwandiwalla were held guilty of aiding and abetting the terrorist act.

TADA and Arms Act

Aziz Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Sheikh: Five-years’ rigorous imprisonment and a fine of INR 25,000.

Salim Khan Durrani: Five-years’ rigorous imprisonment and a fine of INR 25,000.

Mohammed Rafiq Musa Biyariwala: Seven years’ rigorous imprisonment and a fine of INR 75,000.

Mubina Paya Bhiwandiwalla: Five years rigorous imprisonment and a fine of INR 25, 000.

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November 16, 2006

Mulchand Shah and Imtiaz Ghavte, two associates of Tiger Memon

Financier Mulchand Shah was held guilty of helping Tiger Memon to operate Hawala accounts in the name of 'Hathi', and thereby, facilitating the serial bombings.

Section 3(3) of TADA, Section 120 B of IPC and the Explosive Substances Act

Mulchand Shah: Five years' rigorous imprisonment and a fine of INR 500,000

Imtiaz Ghavte: Life Imprisonment and a fine of INR 227,000

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November 20, 2006

Ejaz Pathan, and associate, Mohammed Dawood Khan, two associates of Dawood Ibrahim

Pathan was held guilty of attending a conspiracy meeting in Dubai, where plans were finalized out by prime conspirators Dawood Ibrahim and Tiger Memon to engineering a series of bomb blasts in Mumbai. Also found guilty of providing his men for landing operations of arms and ammunition at Shekhadi coast.

Pathan and his associate Mohammed Dawood Khan were found guilty for possessing three AK-56 rifles and nine magazines which were part of the contraband.

TADA and IPC

Mohammed Dawood: Six years’ rigorous imprisonment and a fine of INR 50,000.

Ejaz Pathan: 10 years rigorous imprisonment and a fine of INR 225,000.

Liaqat Khan was found guilty for aiding and abetting terrorist acts by allowing Memon and Yeda Yaqub to store 80 cartons of RDX at his store-room in the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation area and transporting them to other places.

Noor Khan was held guilty of keeping in his store-room 58 bags of RDX smuggled by Memon and later disposing of the bags in a creek. Also held guilty of possessing RDX and for concealing evidence.

Liaqat Ali Khan: Five-years’ rigorous imprisonment and a fine of INR 25,000.

Noor Mohammad Khan: Five years rigorous imprisonment and a fine of INR 150,000.

Shahwali Khan, a civil contractor, was held guilty of helping Memon in executing the bomb blasts. Found guilty of taking part in weapons training programme at Sandheri and Bhorghat villages in the Raigad district and also attending meetings connected to the blasts conspiracy at the residence of co-accused, Nasir Ahmed Shaikh and Mubina Baya Bhiwandiwala. .

Altaf Sayed, a travel agent, was held guilty of arranging air passage of 13 co-accused to Pakistan for weapons training and possessing hand grenades.

Altaf Ali Sayed: Ten years rigorous imprisonment and a fine of INR 250,000.

Sardar Shahwali Khan: Life Imprisonment.

Singh and Sayyed were held guilty of receiving bribes and allowing the landing of arms, ammunition and explosives on the Shekhadi coast in Raigad.

Singh, Assistant Collector of Customs (Alibaug division), was found guilty of meeting absconding accused Mohammad Dossa and his associates at Persian Durbar in Panvel on January 6, 1993, with M. S. Sayyed, Superintendent of Customs (Alibaug division), and having agreed to allow them to carry out smuggling activities in his jurisdiction for a bribe of over INR 7.8 lakh.

R. K. Singh: Nine years' rigorous imprisonment and a fine of INR 300,000.

M. S. Sayyed: Seven years’ rigorous imprisonment and a fine of INR 100,000.

Zaibunnisa Kazi: Five years rigorous imprisonment and a fine of INR 100,000.

Somnath Thapa: Life imprisonment and a fine of INR 200,000.

Dutt was held guilty of possessing weapons without licence.

Thapa was held guilty of hatching conspiracy and aiding and abetting prime conspirators Dawood Ibrahim, Mohammed Dossa and Tiger Memon in the landing of arms and ammunition meant for terrorist acts. Thapa was also held guilty of not acting on a tip-off about the landing operation.

Zaibunnisa Kazi was found guilty of possessing and storing arms and ammunition at her Bandra house. Yusuf Nallawalla and Kersi Adajenia were held guilty of destroying evidence.

Zaibunnisa Kazi: Five years rigorous imprisonment and a fine of INR 100,000.

Somnath Thapa: Life imprisonment and a fine of INR 200,000.

Sanjay Dutt: Six years rigorous imprisonment and a fine of INR 25, 000.

Yusuf Nalalwalla: Five years rigorous imprisonment and a fine of INR 25, 000.

Kersi Adejania: Two years rigorous imprisonment and a fine of INR 25, 000.

Mulla was held guilty of possessing the 9mm pistol and cartridges removed from film actor Sanjay Dutt's house.

Chauhan was held guilty of acquiring and then distributing AK-56 rifles, ammunition and hand grenades to actor Sanjay Dutt and co-accused Salim Kurla at the instance of Anees Ibrahim Kaskar, brother of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim.

Hingora was found guilty of ferrying three AK-56 rifles, magazines, cartridges and hand grenades to Sanjay Dutt's Pali Hill bungalow in 1993.

Sameer Hingora: Nine years' rigorous imprisonment.

Baba Chauhan: 10 years' rigorous imprisonment and a fine of INR 277000.

Rusi Mulla: Granted exemption under the Probation of Offenders Act and released.

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December 4, 2006

Bashir Ahmed Usman Ghani Khairullah, Zakir Hussain Noor Mohammed Shaikh, Abdul Khan, Feroze Amani Malik, Moin Querishi and Salim Rahim Shaikh

The six aides of prime conspirator Tiger Memon were held guilty for hurling hand grenades at a fishermen's colony, killing three persons and injuring six on March 12, 1993.

Also found guilty for aiding and abetting terrorist act, going to Pakistan for arms training and attending conspiracy meeting.

Section 3(3) of TADA

Salim Rahim Shaikh: Two concurrent life sentences and a fine of INR 140, 000

Bashir Khairullah: Life imprisonment and a fine of INR 200,000.

Zakir Shaikh: Death sentence.

Feroze Amani Malik: Death sentence.

Abdul Khan: Death sentence