The special MCOCA court that convicted Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal and 11 others accused in the 2006 Aurangabad arms haul case handed out the quantum of sentences yesterday. Consigning Jundal and other six to rigorous life imprisonment, special MCOCA judge Shrikant Anekar observed that the society at large should not suffer due to undue leniency to accused. Jundal is also a key plotter of the 26/11 terror attacks.

Judge Anekar, who convicted Abu Jundal, also sentenced Mohammad Amir Shakil Ahmed, Bilal Ahmed Abdul Razaq, Sayyed Akif Sayyed Jafruddin, Afroz Khan Shahid Khan Pathan, Faisal Ataur-Rehman Shaikh and Aslam Kashmiri under various sections of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). The others convicted, namely, Muzaffar Tanveer and Dr Mohammad Sharif were sentenced to 14 years of RI, while Javed Ahmed Abdul Majid, Mushtaq Ahmed Mohammad Isaf Shaikh and Afzal Khan Nabi Khan were sentenced to eight years of imprisonment under sections of Arms Act, Explosive Substance Act and Explosive Act.