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The Sessions Court, on July 19, 2022, while upholding the conviction order of the Ansals and two others, reduced the duration to the period they had already been jailed since November 8, 2021. Gopal Ansal had filed a plea before HC seeking that the conviction and sentence for tampering with evidence be set aside.
The Delhi High Court on Friday rejected the plea of real-estate mogul Gopal Ansal, convicted in an evidence tampering case related to the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire tragedy trial, seeking expedited hearing on his passport renewal.The court also ...
After a fire broke out, engulfing the building, on June 13, 1997, an FIR was lodged at the Hauz Khas Police station and the investigation was subsequently transferred to the CBI.
The Supreme Court had imposed a fine of Rs 30 crore each on Sushil and Gopal Ansal, who were the former directors of Ansal Theaters and Clubotels Private Ltd. They were also later convicted of tampering with evidence related to the 1997 fire.
The cinema hall was shut in 1997 after a major blaze killed 59 people.