AHMEDABAD: Due to the long time that the trial in the 2008 serial blasts case was pending, the prosecution faced a peculiar problem and had to make a request, alien to criminal procedure, to the special court.
Most of the accused were arrested and lodged in jail in 2008. Seven years later, when the witnesses were being examined and were expected to identify the accused in court, the appearance of many prisoners had changed. They had put on weight and grown beards and it was difficult for witnesses to identify them in court.
