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Germany bakery blast accused requests to shift him out of Noose cell

Nagpur, May 23 (UNI) German bakery blast accused Mirza Himayat Baig, whose death sentence in connection with the blast was recently commuted to lifer by the Bombay High court, has urged authorities to shift him out of the Noose (Fansi) cell. He is still languishing in the Noose cell. The relatives of Baig, Tariq Baig told a section of media that even after being spared of capital punishment, his brother was still kept in the Fansi yard. Tariq said that his brother has already faced a six-year jail term under the tremendous pressure of the death penalty. Tariq said that his brother has made a written complaint through post to the High Court praying for his immediate shifting out of the yard. According to him he had also applied for shifting his brother either to Mumbai or Nashik jails was also pending. It may be recalled that Himayat Baig is currently facing a life term under Section 5(b) of the Explosive Substances Act and is lodged at the Nagpur central jail. Himayat Baig, the lone convict in the 2010 German Bakery blast which had rocked Pune, was awarded with capital punishment by a Pune sessions court. He was acquitted of all terror charges by the Bombay High Court (HC) just in March this year. The court, however, found him guilty of the charges of possession of explosives and awarded lifer to him. The prisoners who have to be executed are kept in fansi yard before they are hanged. MORE UNI RS PK CJ SHK 2154
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