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Ahmedabad Blast: Supreme Court Stays Bareilvi's Death Sentence, Issues Notice.
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News18•01-10-2026, 11:44
Ahmedabad Blast: Supreme Court Stays Bareilvi's Death Sentence, Issues Notice.
- •The Supreme Court has stayed the execution of death row convict Ahmed Bawa Abbu Abubakar Bareilvi in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blast case.
- •The apex court issued a notice on Bareilvi's petition challenging the Gujarat High Court's decision upholding his conviction and death sentence.
- •Bareilvi's lawyer argued that the conviction was based entirely on conspiracy.
- •A bench led by Justice Vikram Nath heard the plea and ordered a stay on the execution.
- •The issue of translation of case documents, many of which are in the local language, was also raised during the hearing.
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The Supreme Court issued a notice on the petition filed by death row convict Ahmed Bawa Abbu Abubakar Bareilvi and ordered a stay on the process of his execution.
Bareilvi approached the Supreme Court to challenge the Gujarat High Court's decision that had upheld both his conviction and his death sentence.
During the Supreme Court hearing, the defense argued that Bareilvi was convicted entirely on the basis of conspiracy and also highlighted the need for translations of trial court documents and the High Court decision.
