British Colombia Supreme Court Judge Ian Bruce Josephson has taken three months to take a decision.

Prosecutors took 13 months to present evidence.

The investigation into the bombing took 15 years.

The prosecution said the men helped plant the bomb on the Air-India plane in revenge for the Indian Army's storming of the Golden Temple.

A second bomb, in luggage to be loaded on to another Air-India flight, exploded the same day at Tokyo's Narita airport.

Two baggage handlers died in the blast.

Relatives crowd airport counters for information on the fateful day.

Photograph: PANA-INDIA