Hyderabad: A special NIA court in Hyderabad will announce judgement today in the case related to the 2007 Mecca Masjid blast which resulted in the death of nine lives.

The fourth additional metropolitan sessions-cum-special court for NIA related cases had concluded the trial and last week posted the case to April 16 for judgment.

The blast at the historic Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad on May 18, 2007, during Friday prayers, had also left 58 many others injured.

The local police conducted an initial investigation and then transferred the case to CBI, which filed a charge sheet.

Then after that, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) took the case in its hands from the CBI in 2011.

The Accused, numbering ten, allegedly belonged to the right-wing organizations.

But only five of all of them — Devendra Gupta, Lokesh Sharma, Swami Aseemanand alias Naba Kumar Sarkar, Bharat Mohanlal Rateshwar alias Bharat Bhai and Rajendra Chowdhary — who were arrested had faced trial in the case.

Two other accused in the case — Sandeep V Dange and Ramchandra Kalsangra — are still absconding while another accused Sunil Joshi had died.

Other Investigations were continuing against two other accused.

To get testimony, a total of 226 witnesses were examined during the trial, and a total 411 documents were exhibited.

Swami Aseemanand and Bharat Mohanlal Rateshwar are out on bail while three others have been lodged in the Central prison in Hyderabad under judicial remand.

In a similar case of Ajmer Dargah blast case in March 2017, a court in Rajasthan had sentenced Devendra Gupta and others for life in jail.

India Judiciary is considered to be very sluggish one, for many years being taken for crucial cases that related to the general public interest and safety. Even after so many years, several important cases related to crime are not executed on time.

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