AHMEDABAD: It was a parental request by 2008 serial blasts accused that the court did not have the heart to reject. In exam season, three accused who have never been granted bail requested the court to allow their wards in jail instead so that they could guide their wards about their education and career paths to be pursued.
Three accused urged the court last month to allow their children to meet them in jail to allow them to dispense their fatherly duty of guiding their wards ahead of their examination. The accused have not been granted bail in the case ever since their arrest over a decade ago in 2008. Special judge A R Patel ordered the jail authorities to allow the children to meet the inmates for one hour. The accused had requested two hours time with their kids.
Shamsuddin Shaikh, named in all 35 serial blasts including 20 in Ahmedabad and 15 in Surat, was the first to make this request. His elder son is in Class XI while younger son is appearing for Class X.
As both have their final exams in March, Shaikh requested the court to allow his sons to see him in jail along with other family members, so that he could give them proper guidance regarding their education. The court ordered for provisions to be made for such meetings in jail on February 14.
Mohammed Arif Kagdi, another accused in all 35 cases, was the second inmate to make a similar request since his son is preparing to take Class X board exams. Kagdi told the court that he is a teacher he could guide his son on how to ace the exam and choose the right education path. The court had ordered a meeting between father and son on February 20.
Earlier sought sunshine
Earlier, the serial blasts accused have hit the headlines with regards to their various demands including access to sunshine and books made to the court.
After 24 of the 78 accused lodged in Sabarmati Jail in this case were booked for prison break attempt by digging a 213-foot tunnel in Sabarmati jail, the authorities had pushed them all in high security cells and denied them access to books.
This had led the accused to pursue litigation seeking sunshine citing skin diseases due to lack of exposure to sunlight and their basic rights to books.
The serial blasts had rocked Ahmedabad on July 26, 2008 in which 56 people were killed. The bombs in Surat had remained unexploded.
Three accused urged the court last month to allow their children to meet them in jail to allow them to dispense their fatherly duty of guiding their wards ahead of their examination. The accused have not been granted bail in the case ever since their arrest over a decade ago in 2008. Special judge A R Patel ordered the jail authorities to allow the children to meet the inmates for one hour. The accused had requested two hours time with their kids.
Shamsuddin Shaikh, named in all 35 serial blasts including 20 in Ahmedabad and 15 in Surat, was the first to make this request. His elder son is in Class XI while younger son is appearing for Class X.
As both have their final exams in March, Shaikh requested the court to allow his sons to see him in jail along with other family members, so that he could give them proper guidance regarding their education. The court ordered for provisions to be made for such meetings in jail on February 14.
Mohammed Arif Kagdi, another accused in all 35 cases, was the second inmate to make a similar request since his son is preparing to take Class X board exams. Kagdi told the court that he is a teacher he could guide his son on how to ace the exam and choose the right education path. The court had ordered a meeting between father and son on February 20.
Earlier sought sunshine
Earlier, the serial blasts accused have hit the headlines with regards to their various demands including access to sunshine and books made to the court.
After 24 of the 78 accused lodged in Sabarmati Jail in this case were booked for prison break attempt by digging a 213-foot tunnel in Sabarmati jail, the authorities had pushed them all in high security cells and denied them access to books.
This had led the accused to pursue litigation seeking sunshine citing skin diseases due to lack of exposure to sunlight and their basic rights to books.
The serial blasts had rocked Ahmedabad on July 26, 2008 in which 56 people were killed. The bombs in Surat had remained unexploded.
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