Mohammed Shariq, aged 27, was sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment by a special court in Bengaluru for his role in the Mangaluru cooker bomb blast on November 19, 2022. He pleaded guilty to multiple charges, including terrorism and conspiracy, after the bomb he was carrying detonated accidentally while he was in an autorickshaw, causing serious injuries to himself and the driver. The court imposed fines totaling ₹93,000 (roughly $1,150 USD) alongside the prison term. Shariq is linked to an alleged Islamic State module based in Shivamogga, Karnataka, which has been involved in various terror-related activities since 2020. He was previously arrested for anti-national graffiti and had been in custody for three years since his arrest following the blast. His guilty plea is viewed as a strategy for early release, although he has not pleaded guilty in a separate IED testing case related to the same module.