India, July 8 -- The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday upheld the special trial court's 2022 judgment, confirming death sentences for 38 convicted terrorists and life imprisonment for 11 others in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case.

A Division Bench of Justices AY Kogje and Samir Dave rejected all appeals from the convicts, bringing closure to one of India's deadliest terror attacks after almost 18 years in court. A special court had earlier tried 77 accused. In February 2022, it convicted 49 individuals while acquitting 28 for lack of sufficient evidence. Of the convicted, 38 were sentenced to death under the stringent provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code for murder.

The ...