New Delhi: A Delhi Court on December 18 awarded death sentence to three of the four convicts in the Parliament attack case.

Special Judge S N Dhingra awarded death sentence to Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorists Mohammad Afzal and Shaukat Hussain Guru and suspended lecturer of a Delhi University College S A R Geelani.

The fourth convict Shaukat's wife Navjot Sandhu alias Afsan Guru, who was found guilty of concealing the plot, was sentenced to five year rigorous imprisonment.

The court had on December 16 held Afzal, Shaukat and Geelani guilty of waging war against India in conspiracy with the five slain Pakistani terrorists and JeM chief Maulana Masood Azhar, the outfit's chief commander in Jammu and Kashmir Ghazi Baba alias Abu Jehadi and one Tariq Ahemd for the attack on Parliament on December 13 last year.

Afshan Guru was held guilty of not disclosing the plot despite having knowledge of the same.

The three main convicts were held guilty of waging war against India in conspiracy with the Pakistani militants and attempting to assassinate the Prime Minister, Home Minister and other very, very important persons (VVIPS) and attacking Parliament when it was in session with a view to taking the VVIPs hostage.

While Afzal, Shaukat and Geelani were convicted under POTA, Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Explosives Substances Act, Afsan Guru was convicted under IPC only for not disclosing the plot despite having knowledge of their motives.

PTI