Gauhati Prime Court docket acquits all six in 2004 Dhemaji blast

Through PTI

GUWAHATI: The Gauhati Prime Court docket on Thursday acquitted all six accused within the 2004 Dhemaji bomb blast case during which 18 other folks, together with 13 faculty kids, had been killed on Independence Day.

A department bench of justices Michael Zothankhuma and Mridul Kumar overturned a 2019 order of the Dhemaji district and classes courtroom, which had sentenced 4 individuals to existence imprisonment and two others to 4 years in prison.

The top courtroom gave the decision after concluding the listening to at the appeals filed by means of the six accused on July 24.

Whilst Dipanjali Buragohain, Muhi Handique, Jatin Dubori and Leela Gogoi had been sentenced to existence imprisonment, Prashanta Bhuyan and Hemen Gogoi had been sentenced to 4 years in prison by means of the district courtroom.

The explosion had taken position on the Dhemaji School flooring right through Independence Day celebrations.

The ULFA, which known as for a boycott of the celebrations, had claimed accountability for the blast.

But even so the ones killed, round 45 other folks had been injured within the explosion.

GUWAHATI: The Gauhati Prime Court docket on Thursday acquitted all six accused within the 2004 Dhemaji bomb blast case during which 18 other folks, together with 13 faculty kids, had been killed on Independence Day.

A department bench of justices Michael Zothankhuma and Mridul Kumar overturned a 2019 order of the Dhemaji district and classes courtroom, which had sentenced 4 individuals to existence imprisonment and two others to 4 years in prison.

The top courtroom gave the decision after concluding the listening to at the appeals filed by means of the six accused on July 24.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

Whilst Dipanjali Buragohain, Muhi Handique, Jatin Dubori and Leela Gogoi had been sentenced to existence imprisonment, Prashanta Bhuyan and Hemen Gogoi had been sentenced to 4 years in prison by means of the district courtroom.

The explosion had taken position on the Dhemaji School flooring right through Independence Day celebrations.

The ULFA, which known as for a boycott of the celebrations, had claimed accountability for the blast.

But even so the ones killed, round 45 other folks had been injured within the explosion.