The Bombay High Court today deferred its verdict on confirmation of death sentence to three people, including a woman, convicted in the 2003 Mumbai twin bomb blasts case that claimed 52 lives. Justice AM Khanwilkar said that the judgment is likely to be pronounced either next week or in the first week of January when the court resumes after vacation.

The convicts- Ashrat Ansari, his associate Hanif Sayed Anees and wife Fehmida Sayed were awarded death sentence by a Prevention of Terrorism Act, POTA Court in August 2009 which held them guilty of planting powerful bombs in two taxis that exploded at the Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar on August 25, 2003 , killing 52 persons.