Watch: 4 men sentenced to death for killing 71 in 2008 Jaipur bomb blast case

Four men convicted for the nine bomb blasts that went off in Jaipur's Walled City in May 2008 have been sentenced to death by a special court on Friday. More than 70 people were killed in the synchronised blasts and scores injured. Judge Ajay Kumar Sharma had convicted the four – Mohammad Saif, 32, Mohammad Sarvar, 36, Saif-Ur-Rahman alias Saif-ur-Rahman, 36, and Salman, 34 – for murder, attempt to murder, voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means, conspiracy and under relevant sections of the Explosive Substances Act and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. On Friday evening, the judge walked into his office a little after 4 pm and began reading the judgment in eight cases lodged against the 13 accused. He sentenced the four to death.