Bengaluru: The conviction of five terror accused has been upheld by the Karnataka High Court in connection with the shootout at Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru on December 28, 2005. In the attack, Prof Manish Chandra Puri of IIT Delhi was killed and four others were injured.

The five accused Mohammed Riaz-ur-Rehman, Afzar Pasha, Noorulla Khan, Mohammed Irfan and Nazim Uddin alias Munna were sentenced to life imprisonment for criminal conspiracy, waging war against the country and under provisions of the Explosives Act. The conviction to these five accused was upheld by a division bench, headed by Justice Mohan M Shantanagoudar and acquitted another accused Mehboob Ibrahim Saab Chopdar for lack of evidence.

However, Ibrahim Saab Chopdar who was convicted under provisions of the Explosives Act had to undergo seven years imprisonment along with Rs 5,000 as fine.

It may be recalled that, in a first ever terror attack in Bengaluru, on December 28, 2005, two people entered the IISc campus, in a car and opened fire.

In 2011, six extremists who had links with the terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba waged a war against the nation. They were arrested in 2006 and sentenced to life imprisonment by the city’s Second Fast Track Court.