Uphaar Fire Tragedy: Ansal Brothers Files Appeal In Sc

Uphaar Fire Tragedy: Ansal Brothers Files Appeal In SC 13 Jan 2009, 1440 hrs IST, TIMESOFINDIA.COM NEW DELHI: The Ansal brothers - Sushil and Gopal - on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Delhi High Court verdict upholding their conviction in the Uphaar tragedy case, which claimed 59 lives in 1997. The Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan posted the case for hearing on January 23. In December, the Delhi High Court has upheld the conviction of real estate barons Sushil and Gopal Ansal in the 1997 Uphaar fire tragedy case. Sushil and Gopal Ansal, owners of Uphaar cinema, and other convicts were challenging their conviction in a trial court for a fire tragedy in the theatre. The trial court in November 1997 had held the Ansal brothers guilty, along with three others, under Section 304-A IPC (causing death due to rash and negligent act) and had sentenced them to two years imprisonment.

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