Uphaar Tragedy

Uphaar fire tragedy: Court upholds fine of Rs 2.25 crore imposed on each Sushil and Gopal Ansal in case of tampering with evidence

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to suspend the seven-year term awarded to real estate barons Sushil and Gopal Ansal in the Uphaar fire tragedy evidence tampering case. As far as Ansal brothers are concerned, I am rejecting their application, said Justice Subramonium Prasad. Last year, Ansals and former court staff Dinesh Chand Sharma and two others -- P P Batra and Anoop Singh Karayat - were awarded seven-year jail term by a trial court and the sessions court had refused to suspend the sentence and release them on bail. While dismissing the Ansals' plea for suspension of sentence till the appeal against the conviction by magisterial court is decided, the sessions court had said that the case was one of the gravest of its kind and the offence appeared to be the outcome of a calculated design on the part of the convicts to interfere with the course of justice. Before the high court, the Ansal brother had sought suspension of sentence on several grounds including their old .

A Delhi court reserved for December 3 its order on whether to suspend the seven-year jail terms awarded to Sushil and Gopal Ansal for tampering with evidence

A three-judge bench considered the curative plea by the Association for Victims of Uphaar Tragedy (AVUT) in-chamber and dismissed it

Ansal brothers were asked to pay Rs 30 crore each for setting up of a trauma centre in Delhi

Verdict comes nearly 20 years after the Uphaar cinema tragedy in 1997 in which 59 people had died

Halfway through the screening of Hindi film 'Border', a fire engulfed the cinema hall