The court also stated that it has come on record that such huge volume of explosives was only used in the second world war before the Mumbai blasts
The special Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (prevention) court, in its 2164-page judgment while awarding death penalty to Taher Merchant and Firoz Khan, held that the two were beyond remorse and reformation and that the architects of the blasts do not deserve any less punishment. The court also stated that it has come on record that such huge volume of explosives was only used in the second world war before the Mumbai blasts.
"Does an architect of the blast like the Taher Merchant can be heard saying that he deserved another chance for reformation and rehabilitation?" was the question asked by the special judge Govind Sanap in his judgment copy while putting forth the reason for awarding him a death penalty.
The judgment copy reads, " On the basis of the evidence, it has been proved that role of Taher is more serious than the role of Yakub Memon, who had been sentenced to death and hanged. It would be necessary to apply the law laid down by the Supreme court of India in the decision to the facts of the case of the accused Taher Merchant keeping in mind the extreme and high degree of brutality displayed by him."
"There is ample evidence to establish that the conspiracy was hatched at the initial stage in Dubai. Three prominent gangs came together under the umbrella of their master Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar (the absconding accused). Those gangs were Tiger Memom gang, Dossa brothers' gang and Eijaz Pathan's gang. Once the conspiracy was agreed upon, they started working with the object of conspiracy to take it to logical end. It is proved that Tiger Memon, Taher Merchant and Ayub Memon worked together in Dubai. Ayub and Taher did not come to India and did not perform any act in India, but the arrangements were taken care by Tiger Memom. The evidence brought on record proves that the culpability of Taher in this episode was of highest degree,"reads the judgment copy.
While speaking about Firoz Khan, the court mentioned that after the commission of the crime started living a very normal life, he and his father destroyed all the documents of his real identity.
He went ahead creating the documents of his assumed identity as Hamza Abdul Rashid Khan, the twin brother of Firoz Khan.
"He destroyed thousands of families in serial bomb blasts in Mumbai in 1993. Firoz settled with his family. He got married after the blasts. He has two children. Prosecution examined more than two dozen witnesses to prove the real identity of Firoz. With his identity as Hamza, he was moving in society freely after destroying thousands of families by committing heinous crime."
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