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The acquittal of four men accused in the 2008 Jaipur serial blasts case by the Rajasthan high court has come as a shock to many, including those who lost their loved ones or were themselves injured in the terror attack and are living with the bad memories.
Following the judgment, even 15 years after the blast, which resulted in the deaths of 80 people and injured 185 others, no person now stands convicted of the crime.
Unconvinced by the prosecution’s case, a division bench of Justices Pankaj Bhandari and Sameer Jain on Wednesday acquitted Ansari and three others — Mohammed Sarvar Azmi, Mohammed Saif and Mohammed Salman — flagging a “botched investigation” caused by “institutional failure”.
Speaking to reporters at his Jaipur residence on Thursday, the Congress leader said, "Those involved in the Jaipur serial blasts case were caught, convicted and sentenced. However, despite a lower court awarding the death sentences to the convicts, they were acquitted by the high court. This is unfortunate."
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