<p>A court in Sonepat on Tuesday awarded life imprisonment to Abdul Karim Tunda (75) in the 1996 Sonepat bomb blasts case.<br /><br />The court of Additional District and Sessions judge Dr Sushil Kumar Garg pronounced life sentence to Tunda, a day after it found him guilty, Tunda’s counsel Ashish Vats said.<br /><br />Tunda will now be lodged in the Dasna jail in Ghaziabad as many cases are pending against him in other parts of the country as well. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh.<br /><br />“Abdul Karim Tunda was yesterday (Monday) held guilty under Section 307 (attempt to murder) and 120 B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC and Section 3 of the Explosive Substances Act,” Vats said.<br /><br />While recording his statement in the court in September, Tunda had maintained that he was in Pakistan at the time of the bomb blasts.<br /><br />At least 15 people were injured in the twin blasts - at a cinema hall and a sweet shop - in Sonepat in December 1996.</p>
<p>A court in Sonepat on Tuesday awarded life imprisonment to Abdul Karim Tunda (75) in the 1996 Sonepat bomb blasts case.<br /><br />The court of Additional District and Sessions judge Dr Sushil Kumar Garg pronounced life sentence to Tunda, a day after it found him guilty, Tunda’s counsel Ashish Vats said.<br /><br />Tunda will now be lodged in the Dasna jail in Ghaziabad as many cases are pending against him in other parts of the country as well. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh.<br /><br />“Abdul Karim Tunda was yesterday (Monday) held guilty under Section 307 (attempt to murder) and 120 B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC and Section 3 of the Explosive Substances Act,” Vats said.<br /><br />While recording his statement in the court in September, Tunda had maintained that he was in Pakistan at the time of the bomb blasts.<br /><br />At least 15 people were injured in the twin blasts - at a cinema hall and a sweet shop - in Sonepat in December 1996.</p>
