Judgment :-

Dr. B.S. Chauhan, J.

1. This appeal has been preferred against the judgments and orders dated 29.11.2006 and 6.6.2007 passed by a Special Judge of the Designated Court under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, 1987 (hereinafter referred to as the `TADA’) in the Bombay Blast Case No. 1/1993, by which the appellant (A-41) has been convicted under Sections 3(3), 5 and 6 TADA, as well as under Sections 3 and 7 read with Section 25(1-A) (1-B) (a) of the Arms Act, 1959 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Arms Act’), Section 4(b) of the Explosive Substances Act, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Act 1908), and Section 9-B(1) (b) of the Explosives Act, 1884 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Act 1884’).

2. Facts and circumstances giving rise to this appeal are that:

A. As all the main factual and legal issues involved in this appeal have already been discussed by us and determined in the main connected appeal i.e. Yakub Abdul Razak Memon v. State of Maharashtra thr. CBI (Criminal Appeal No.1728 of 2007), there is thus, no occasion for us to repeat the same.

B. The Bombay Blasts occurred on 12.3.1993, in which 257 persons lost their lives and 713 were injured. In