The NIA Special Court will pronounce the sentence in the Muvattupuzha hand-chopping case on Friday.
Special court judge P. Sasisdharan announced the date after the final session of hearing on Tuesday. The proceedings during the day began with the court reading out the offences against the 13 convicts and seeking their response.
The convicts pleaded leniency while delivering the sentence and levelled reasons varying from poor family background to sole breadwinner of the family, etc.
The case pertains to the attack on T.J. Joseph, then a teacher with Newman College, Thodupuzha, by a seven-member gang alleged to be members of the Popular Front of India, on July 4, 2010, while he was returning along with his family from church.