Coimbatore blasts case: 84 persons seek bail

Coimbatore, Aug 3 (UNI) All the 84 persons, whom the Special Court hearing the Coimbatore blasts case had cleared of criminal conspiracy charges, have filed bail applications as per the court order.

Special Court Judge K Uthirapathy reserved orders on the bail petitions for August six, when the quantum of sentence for the convicted would be pronounced.

The Court had acquitted Kerala-based People's Democratic Party Chairman Abdul Nasser Maudhany and seven others, while convicting Al-Umma President S A Basha and 152 others on August one.

Of the 153 convicted, 73 were found guilty of criminal conspiracy and other main charges, while the rest were convicted only on minor charges. The Court had asked those convicted on minor charges and those whose conviction was deferred to file their bail petitions.

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