INDIA: HC ADMITS APPEAL OF 2003 BLASTS CONVICT FACING DEATH PENALTY

Justices Bilal Nazki and A R Joshi of the Bombay High Court in India allowed an appeal by death row inmate Ashrat Ansari. The POTA court convicted Hanif Sayed Anees, 46, his wife Fahmida, 43, and Ansari, 32, for the 2003 bomb attacks at the Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazar that left 54 people dead.
The Court has directed the government to produce the case papers and the verdict of the POTA court before it after eight weeks when the reference and Ansari's appeal would be finally heard.
While Ashrat has filed an appeal against the POTA court order, the other two convicts are yet to move the High Court challenging capital punishment awarded to them.