Following is the chronology of events in the Tada court trial into serial bomb blasts that ripped through Mumbai on March 12, 1993 killing 257 people and
injuring 713.
March 12, 1993: Ten blasts and two incidents of hand-grenade throwing take place in Mumbai
November 4, 1993: Over 10,000 page long primary chargesheet filed against 189 accused, including actor Sanjay Dutt.
November 19, 1993: The case is handed over to the CBI.
April 1, 1994: The Tada court shifted from the city sessions and civil court to a separate building inside the premises of the Central Jail at Arthur Road.
April 10, 1995: 26 accused discharged by the Tada court and charges framed against the remaining accused. Supreme Court discharges two more accused, travel agent Abu Asim Azmi
(Samajwadi Party former MP) and Amjed Meher Baux.
April 19, 1995: Trial in the case commences.
April-June 1995: charges framed against the accused.
June 30, 1995: Two accused, Mohammed Jameel and Usman Jan Khan, turn approvers in the case.
October 14, 1995: Sanjay Dutt arrested on April 19, 1993, granted bail by the Supreme Court.
March 23, 1996: Judge J N Patel transferred and elevated as a high court judge.
November 28, 2006: Actor Sanjay Dutt convicted under Arms
Act, bail extended
May 18, 2007: Judge Pramod Kode starts pronouncement of sentences
Jun 19, 2007: Pronouncement stayed as some convicts want reference to Supreme Court for
challenging validity of Tada, following May 18 observation of SC Judge Markandey
Katju in another case
June 24, 2007: Tada Judge Pramod Kode falls and fractures his arm, sentencing adjourned further
July 16, 2007: Kode rejects application to refer case to Supreme Court
July 18, 2007: First of the death sentences awarded
July 27, 2007: Memon family sentenced, Yakub gets death
July 31, 2007: Sanjay Dutt and two others sentenced for illegal possession of arms. Dutt gets six years RI. Rusi Mulla is freed under PoA. Sentencing in the trial ends.
August 20, 2007: Sanjay Dutt gets interim bail
September 07, 2007: Four members of Memon family get interim bail
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