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Pune's German Bakery blast convict to hang
Thursday April 18, 2013 05:55:42 PM,
IANS
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Pune:
A Pune court
Thursday sentenced German Bakery blast convict Himayat Baig to
death for his role in the terror attack which left 17 people dead
in February 2010.
Three days ago, Pune sessions court Special Judge N.P. Dhote had
held Baig guilty in the case in which he was the lone accused
arrested.
A resident of Beed district, Baig was nabbed from Udgir town in
neighbouring Latur district by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism
Squad in September 2010, nearly seven months after the terror
attack.
After his arrest, the ATS charged Baig with hatching a conspiracy
along with his six associates for the terror blast at German
Bakery, situated in the up-market Koregaon Park area of Pune.
On the day of his conviction April 15, Special Public Prosecutor
Raja Thakre said Baig was charged under Indian Penal Code Sections
302, 307 (murder and attempt to murder), 435, 474 (mischief by
fire and explosive and forgery) and 120(b) (criminal conspiracy),
besides other charges under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act
and the Explosives Act.
The court upheld the prosecution contention that the blast was "a
carefully planned and executed attack" calculated to terrorise the
general public, causing extensive damage to life and property.
The prosecution said the primary objective of the terror attack
was to undermine and reduce faith of the common people in the
elected government and destabilise the system of law.
The special judge upheld the prosecution argument that the terror
attack caused deaths of foreign nationals, earning the country a
bad name. Five foreigners were among the 17 victims of the Feb 13,
2010 blast.
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