<p> Pakistani national Mohammad Hussain, who was awarded death sentence in a 1997 Delhi blast case in which four people died, will have to face trial again with the Supreme Court on Friday directing re-trial after setting aside his conviction and capital punishment.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A three-judge bench headed by Justice R M Lodha gave this order on the ground that he was not given full opportunity to defend himself in the lower court.<br /><br />Split verdict<br /><br />The apex court passed the order after a division bench earlier had given a split verdict on his appeal with one judge directing a fresh (de nova) trial and the other holding the trial as “illegal” and ordering Hussain’s deportation to Pakistan.<br /><br />Mohammad Hussain was convicted and sentenced to death in November 2004 by the trial court for his role in 1997 Delhi blast which had occurred in a blue line bus leaving four persons dead and 24 others injured.<br /><br />The trial court had termed the case as “the rarest of rare” one and had awarded death sentence to Hussain of Jindrakhar village at Okara in Pakistan.<br /></p>
<p> Pakistani national Mohammad Hussain, who was awarded death sentence in a 1997 Delhi blast case in which four people died, will have to face trial again with the Supreme Court on Friday directing re-trial after setting aside his conviction and capital punishment.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A three-judge bench headed by Justice R M Lodha gave this order on the ground that he was not given full opportunity to defend himself in the lower court.<br /><br />Split verdict<br /><br />The apex court passed the order after a division bench earlier had given a split verdict on his appeal with one judge directing a fresh (de nova) trial and the other holding the trial as “illegal” and ordering Hussain’s deportation to Pakistan.<br /><br />Mohammad Hussain was convicted and sentenced to death in November 2004 by the trial court for his role in 1997 Delhi blast which had occurred in a blue line bus leaving four persons dead and 24 others injured.<br /><br />The trial court had termed the case as “the rarest of rare” one and had awarded death sentence to Hussain of Jindrakhar village at Okara in Pakistan.<br /></p>