2008 Ahmedabad Serial Blasts Case: Gujarat HC Upholds Death Sentence For 38 Indian Mujahideen Convicts & Life Term For 11 Others
· Free Press Journal
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday upheld a special court order sentencing 38 convicts to death and 11 others to life imprisonment in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts, which claimed 56 lives.
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38 DEATH SENTENCES. 11 LIFE TERMS. ZERO MERCY.
— Harsh Sanghavi (@sanghaviharsh) July 7, 2026
July 26, 2008 Amdavad Serial bomb blast.
Today, the Gujarat High Court delivered one of India’s strongest and most historic verdicts near-total conviction, maximum punishment upheld for the guilty.
Jai Hind. #Amdavad…
A division bench of justices A Y Kogje and Samir Dave rejected all appeals against the order of the lower court and upheld its verdict confirming the sentences to members of the terror outfit Indian Mujahideen (IM) in the case.
Gujarat High Court upholds the sentences of all the convicts in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case https://t.co/cTMl3PeNrX
— ANI (@ANI) July 7, 2026
On July 26, 2008, a series of 21 bomb blasts ripped through Ahmedabad in a span of 70 minutes, killing 56 persons and injuring 200 others. Some hospitals in the city were also targeted.
A special court in 2022 sentenced 38 IM members to death. The court had also sentenced 11 other convicts to life imprisonment.
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