Women convicts beg for mercy

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Mumbai, June 14 (UNI) The designated TADA court witnessed some emotional moments when two women convicts, upon whom judge P D Kode passed the sentences today for their involvement in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, begged for mercy.

''Mere oopar raham kariye, mere chhote bachche hain. Aap mujh par raham karenge to Allah aap par raham karega (Please show mercy on me, I have small children. If you show me mercy, god will shower blessings on you).'' But, judge Kode expressed his helplessness to give in to the pleas of burqa-clad Mobina Baya Bhiwandiwala. ''I have done whatever I could and have shown you leniency since you are a woman,'' he told the distressed convict.

Mobina, a one-time girlfriend of prime absconding accused Tiger Memon, has been awarded five-year rigorous imprisonment for her involvement in the blasts.

After the court passed the sentence upon her, Mobina sought the court's permission to say a few words. Judge Kode granted her the permission following which Mobina made her mercy plea.

Mobina said she had been trapped. ''May my children die if I speak the untruth. I have been entrapped,'' she told the court. At this point, special public prosecutor Ujwal Nikam pointed out to her that once the court had convicted and passed the sentence upon her, the same court could not grant her relief. Later, Mobina was escorted away to the jail by two women constables.

Sixty-year-old Zaibunisa Qazi too was awarded five-year rigorous imprisonment and a total fine of Rs 100,000. She too begged the court for mercy saying she was suffering from various ailments including hypertension.

Qazi wept like a child and collapsed after the court announced the sentence. Judge Kode told her that the court had already shown her leniency and, once having passed the sentence, could not retract. The judge advised her to appeal against the sentence.

UNI

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