Delhi High court today acquitted two alleged JKIF militants in connection with Lajpat Nagar bomb blast case in 1996. The court converted Jammu and Kashmir Islamic Front (JKIF) terrorist Mohd Naushad's death penalty to life term, while acquitting Mirza Nissar Hussain and Mohd Ali Bhat alias Kille, who had been given the capital punishment by the trial court.

The bench, however, upheld the life sentence given to third convict Javed Ahmad Khan alias Chotta Javed. The court gave its verdict, rebuking the Delhi Police for its failure to adduce even the minimum standard of proof and saying that it has shown casual approach in the case.

A JKIF team had set off a very high intensity blast at Lajpat Nagar market on May 21, 1996, triggering it in explosives kept in a stolen Maruti car in the market. 13 people were killed and 38 were injured in the blast. A city court had convicted six alleged JKIF militants in April 2010.