Uphaar Cinema Fire: Ansal Brothers To Be Released In Evidence Tampering Case
NDTV
Uphaar Cinema fire: A magisterial court had last year awarded seven-year jail terms to the real estate barons and since then they were in prison.
A Delhi court on Tuesday ordered the release of real estate tycoons Sushil and Gopal Ansal against the jail term already undergone by them in a case of tampering with evidence in the case related to the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire, which had claimed 59 lives.
A magisterial court had on November 8 awarded seven-year jail terms to real estate barons and since then they were in prison.
District Judge Dharmesh Sharma on Tuesday, however, upheld the fine of Rs 2.25 crore imposed on each Sushil and Gopal Ansal by the magisterial court earlier.
“We empathise with you (Association of Victims of Uphaar Tragedy chairperson Neelam Krishnamoorti). Many lives were lost, which can never be compensated. But you must understand that penal policy is not about retribution. We have to consider their (Ansals) age. You have suffered, but they have also suffered,” the judge said.
