Gulbarg case: Quantum of sentence to be announced today

The court of special judge PB Desai here had announced on Monday that the quantum of sentence will be declared on Friday, after submissions were made by the prosecution, defence lawyers as well as the lawyer of the victims.

Earlier on June 2, the court had convicted 11 persons for murder and other offences, while 13 others, including VHP leader Atul Vaidya, were charged with lesser offences. It had acquitted 36 others in the case. Kailash Dhobi, among those convicted under major offences surrendered before the court on June 13 after the judge concluded hearing on the quantum of sentence.