07 June,2010 01:10 PM IST | | PTI
After a trial lasting more than two decades, a court today convicted all eight accused in Bhopal Gas tragedy case, which is the world's worst industrial disaster. It killed and maimed thousands of people. Amongst the eight is Warren Anderson, former chairman of Union Carbide Corporation, US, who is absconding.
On the night of December 2-3, 1984, a gas leak from the Union Carbide plant killed thousands of people.
The maximum punishment is two-year imprisonment.
Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Mohan P Tiwari will pronounce the judgement after a 23-year-long trial in the toxic leak case from the now defunct Union Carbide factory on the intervening night of December 2-3, 1984.
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During the trial, a total of 178 prosecution witnesses were examined and 3008 documents were produced while eight defence witnesses deposed in the court.
Out of the nine accused tried for the offences, R B Roy Choudhary, the then former Assistant Works Manager Union Carbide India Ltd (UCIL), Mumbai, died during the trial.
The remaining accused in the case are Keshub Mahendra, the then UCIL chairman, Vijay Gokhle, the then managing director, Kishore Kamdar, the then vice president, J Mukund, the then works manager, S P Choudhary, the then Production Manager, K V Shetty, the then plant superintendent, S I Quershi, the then production assistant of UCIL and UCIL Calcutta.
