21 years on, double life term for Jammu terror attack that killed baby, 2 others

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A court in Ramban sentenced Sharief to two life terms for a Jammu terror attack that killed a baby and two other people 21 years ago. The judge rejected arguments based on Sharief’s age at the time, lengthy incarceration, and prospects for rehabilitation, and also imposed two additional 10-year terms.

In his order on Wednesday, principal sessions judge Ramban Ajay Kumar Gupta rejected defence arguments that the attack had taken place more than two decades ago when Sharief was young, his long incarceration and possibility of rehabilitation. Besides the life sentences, the court imposed two separate terms of 10 years on Sharief under various sections pertaining to murder and arms act offences.