SC acquits 3 alleged terrorists in RSS bomb blast killings

CBI today suffered a setback with the Supreme Court acquitting three alleged terrorists sentenced to life imprisonment in the case relating to the bomb blast at the RSS office in Chennai in 1993 in which 11 people were killed.A Bench of Justices B Sudershan Reddy and S S Nijjar said in a judgement
the prosecution failed to conclusively establish the guilt of Abubucker Siqqique, M P Rafiq Ahamed and Hyder Ali of blasting the building in Chennai's M V Naidu Street in retalation for 1992 Babri Masjid demolition. The apex court said the trial court had erroneously convicted the trio on the basis of their confessional statement of procuring gelatin and detonators for committing the offence, though there was no trace of the said material, as rather explosives like RDX and PETN were used in the daring attack.The trio were earlier convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment by a designated court on June 21, 2007, for murder, criminal conspiracy and various other offences under the TADA Act on the basis of the chargesheet filed by CBI.The apex court said excepting the confessional statements there was no other independent evidence with regard to the participation of the accused in the conspiracy and the particular role played by them.