Hyderabad, April 8 -- The Telangana high court will pronounce its verdict on Tuesday on the confirmation of death sentences for five convicts in the horrific 2013 Dilsukhnagar twin bomb blasts case.

The judgment will be delivered nearly eight years after a special NIA court sentenced the perpetrators of the attack that killed 18 people and injured 131 others.

Case background

The five convicts facing execution are Yasin Bhatkal, Asadullah Akhtar alias Haddi, Tehseen Akhtar, Zia-ur-Rehman alias Waqas and Aizaz Shaikh.

A special NIA court had delivered the death sentences on December 16, 2016 after convicting them under stringent anti-terror laws.

Justice K Lakshman heard two critical petitions namely the mandatory death sentence confir...