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Geelani, Navjot Sandhu acquitted

Onkar Singh in New Delhi | October 29, 2003 11:05 IST


A division bench of the Delhi high court on Wednesday acquitted S A R Geelani and Navjot Sandhu alias Afsan Guru, the lone woman convicted in the December 13, 2001 terrorist attack on Parliament.

Earlier, Geelani had been convicted and sentenced under POTA and various provisions of the Indian Penal Code for allegedly being part of the conspiracy and waging war against the state, while Sandhu was charged with concealing the conspiracy and sentenced to five years imprisonment.

The bench also upheld the verdict of a special POTA court holding Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists Mohammed Afzal and Shaukat Hussain Guru guilty of waging war against the State and the award of death sentence.

Shaukat Hussain Guru is Navjot Sandhu's husband.

The bench comprising Justice Usha Mehra and Justice Pradeep Nandrajog accepted the state's appeal to enhance the punishment awarded to Afzal and Shaukat under Section 121 (A) of the IPC from life imprisonment to the death penalty.

With inputs from PTI