4 Lashkar Terrorists, On Death Row, Acquitted
NDTV
The four terrorists were acquitted of the charge for waging war against the country, but were sentenced for other offences.
The Calcutta High Court on Monday acquitted four Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists, including two Pakistani nationals, who were awarded capital punishment for waging war against the country, while sentencing them for other offences.
All the four were found guilty of "conspiracy" to wage war against the Government of India and sentenced to 10 years rigorous imprisonment.
Acquitting the four persons of the charge under Section 121 of IPC for waging war against Government of India, a division bench presided by Justice Joymalya Bagchi directed that the two Pakistani nationals - Md Younus and Md Abdullah, who have already served out the period of sentence, be pushed back to their country.
The court directed that of the two Indian nationals who were also found guilty of conspiracy to wage war against the country under Section 121A of IPC and have also served the sentence period, Muzaffar Ahamed Rather be released from the correctional home while Sk Nayeem is to be produced before Patiala House court in Delhi in connection with another case.
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