Supreme Court stays hanging of 2008 Gujarat serial blasts convict

A bench of Justices Vikram Nath, A G Masih and Sandeep Mehta issued notice to the Gujarat government on Bawa’s plea against the Gujarat high court verdict, which upheld his death sentence awarded by the trial court.NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the execution of the death penalty of Ahmed Bawa alias Abbu Abubakar Barelvi, who was an operative of the terror outfit Indian Mujahideen (IM) and was convicted for the 2008 Ahmedabad serial bomb blasts that left 56 people dead.