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SC admits appeals against Bombay HC order in German Bakery blast case

The Supreme Court on Monday admitted for hearing a Maharashtra government appeal challenging the Bombay High Court order commuting the death sentence of Mirza Himayat Baig, the lone convict in the 2010 Pune German Bakery blast.<br />''<br />''<br />''The high court had commuted Baig's death sentence to life imprisonment in 2016. Baig has also moved the apex court against his conviction and sentencing by the trial court and the high court. <br />''<br />''<br />''A bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and M R Shah admitted the cross-appeals and said it will hear them.<br />''<br />''<br />''Baig, who was alleged to be a member of banned terror outfit Indian Mujahideen, was arrested in September 2010 from Latur in Maharashtra for his involvement in the blast at German Bakery, a popular eatery in Pune's Koregaon Park area. <br />''<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The blast killed 17 people and injured 58, including some foreigners.</span><br />

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