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Court reserves judgement in Uphaar fire tragedy case
A court in New Delhi on Tuesday reserved its judgement in the 10-year-old Uphaar fire tragedy case in which 59 people lost their lives during the screening of a Hindi film.
NEW DELHI: A court in New Delhi on Tuesday reserved its judgement in the 10-year-old Uphaar fire tragedy case in which 59 people lost their lives during the screening of a Hindi film.
Additional Sessions Judge Mamta Sehgal, who heard the final arguments on Monday, reserved the final verdict in the case.
The court, however, did not fix a date for the pronouncement of verdict.
Concluding its final arguments on Monday, the CBI had held the theatre owners criminally liable for the tragedy as the emergency safety measures were not in place.
The theatre had turned into a gas chamber where exit doors of the balcony were closed, leaving no scope for the victims who died of asphyxia, he said.
Earlier on August eight, the accused, Sushil and Gopal Ansal, had concluded their arguments in the case and pleaded innocence.
The duo, owners of the theatre, had refuted the charge that they were at the helm of affairs of the company which owned the Uphaar cinema.
Additional Sessions Judge Mamta Sehgal, who heard the final arguments on Monday, reserved the final verdict in the case.
The court, however, did not fix a date for the pronouncement of verdict.
Concluding its final arguments on Monday, the CBI had held the theatre owners criminally liable for the tragedy as the emergency safety measures were not in place.
Appearing for the probe agency, senior advocate Harish Salve said that the persons, who were getting financial gains from the theatre's operation, were culpable for the lapses.
The theatre had turned into a gas chamber where exit doors of the balcony were closed, leaving no scope for the victims who died of asphyxia, he said.
Earlier on August eight, the accused, Sushil and Gopal Ansal, had concluded their arguments in the case and pleaded innocence.
The duo, owners of the theatre, had refuted the charge that they were at the helm of affairs of the company which owned the Uphaar cinema.
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