A Sonipat Court on Tuesday pronounced a life sentence for Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) bomb-maker Abdul Karim Tunda, convicted in 1996 Sonipat bomb blasts case.
On Monday, Tunda was pronounced guilty by the court, and booked under Section 307 (attempt to murder) and 120 B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), and Section 3 of the Explosive Substances Act.
The 1996 bomb blasts, near the busy bus streets of Sonipat, left at least a dozen of people injured.
Tunda was captured from Nepal in 2013. According to Tunda, he was in Pakistan when the blast took place.
A prosecution lawyer said 43 eyewitnesses, including injured, recorded their testimony in the trial.
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