LeT operative's conviction upheld by K'taka HC

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday has upheld the conviction and life sentence imposed on LeT operative Imran Jalal who had conspired to carry out terrorist attacks on major IT companies like Infosys, Wipro, ITP, HAL and Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru.

Karnataka:The Karnataka High Court bench headed by Justice Ravi Malimath and Justice HP Sandesh on Tuesday has upheld the conviction and life sentence imposed on Imran Jalal, a member of the banned terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba who had conspired to carry out terrorist attacks on major IT companies like Infosys, Wipro, ITP, HAL and Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru.

Jalal had filed an appeal challenging his conviction on the ground that the trial court has failed to take note of serious and glaring omissions and contradictions elicited in the evidence of the prosecution witnesses which are consistent with the innocence of accused.

The court while upholding the conviction said that the material collected by the prosecution substantiate the fact that the accused was possessing arms and ammunition, grenades and also live bullets and there is no explanation on the part of the accused with regard to the same, except general denial.

The prosecution has proved that the accused possessed the same and the evidence of the prosecution witnesses corroborates the same and nothing.

On, January 5, 2007, at about 5.10 a.m, accused was apprehended red-handedly with the explosive substances like hand grenades arms ammunitions like AK assault rifle etc., to blast the same against the I.T companies like Wipro, Infosys, ITPL, HAL International Airport and Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru to kill the innocent people and thereby make terror attempt to wage war against the Government of India.

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