10 years jail for 2008 Thane blasts convicts
A Mumbai court on Tuesday sentenced two men to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for the2008 Thane and Vashi bomb blasts.
The two convicts Ramesh Gadkari and Vikram Bhave were also charged with a fine of Rs.11,000 each for their role in the blasts in two theatres and a cinema inThane, Vashi and Panvel in mid-2008.
Sessions Judge N.V. Nhavkar had Monday found them guilty in the case while acquitting four others for lack of evidence. The four men acquitted are Mangesh Nikam, Santosh Angre, Hemant Chalke and Hari Divekar.
Both Gadkari and Bhave were found guilty on charges under sections 324 (voluntarily causing hurtby dangerous means), 201 (causing disappearance of evidence) and 427 (mischief causing damage to public property) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).