BHOPAL: Five activists of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) were sentenced to life imprisonment by a special NIA court here Thursday for possession of explosives.
Special judge Girish Dixit acquitted five others.
Of the 12 accused in the case, Khalid Ahmed and Abdul Mazid were killed in a police encounter in October 2016, prosecutor Yogesh Tiwari said.
The special court for National Investigation Agency (NIA) cases awarded life imprisonment Thursday to Abdul Aziz, Javed, Abdul Wahid, Jubar and Mohammad Adil.
The court also imposed a fine of Rs 8,000 on each of them.
Five others — Umar, Sajid, Sadiq, Abu Faizal and Irfan Nagori — were acquitted for want of evidence. (AGENCIES)
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