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The Economic Times
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2008 Ahmedabad bomb blasts: SC stays execution of death penalty of Indian Mujahideen operative

New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the execution of the death penalty of an operative of terror outfit Indian Mujahideen in connection with the 2008 Ahmedabad serial bomb blasts that left 56 people dead.

A bench of Justices Vikram Nath, AG Masih and Sandeep Mehta, issued notice to the Gujarat government on a plea of Ahmed Bawa alias Abbu Abubakar Barelvi against the high court verdict, which upheld the death penalty awarded to him by the trial court.

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