NEW DELHI: Cinema hall owners, Sushil and Gopal Ansal, recently awarded two years term after being held guilty in the 1997 Uphaar fire tragedy case which claimed 59 lives, on Tuesday surrendered their passports before a court here.
Ansal brothers, who were granted bail immediately after their sentencing on November 23, submitted their passport in the court of Additional Sessions Judge Mamta Sehgal.
Convicts are under a legal obligation to surrender passports before the trial court, public prosecutor said.
Ansals were granted bail on furnishing a personal and a surety bond of Rs 25,000 each in the case.
Besides Ansal brothers, convicted for causing death by negligent act, the court had earlier convicted 10 others in the case.
The other three convicts -- S S Sharma and N D Tiwari of MCD and H S Panwar of Delhi Fire Service -- were also granted two years term as the offences were similar to that of Ansal brothers.
Seven convicts -- Radha Krishan Sharma, N S Chopra, Ajit Chowdhary (Uphaar managers), Manmohan Unniyal (cinema's gatekeeper), Brij Mohan Satija, A K Gera and Bir Singh (all DVB officials) -- were awarded seven years term each after they were held guilty for culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
Fifty-nine persons were asphyxiated in the blaze inside the theatre on June 13, 1997 during the screening of Hindi blockbuster 'Border'.
