New Delhi, Jan 28: The Supreme Court of India today granted bail to 17 convicts sentenced to life imprisonment in 2002 Gujarat massacre case, pending their appeal before the Supreme Court.
The convicts also have to participate in social and spiritual services, said the court, announcing the riders for bail.
The Bench of Chief Justice of India SA Bobde and Justices BR Gavai and Surya Kant directed for the convicts to be segregated into two groups to be sent to Indore and Jabalpur.
District legal authorities in Indore and Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh have been asked to ensure that the convicts do the spiritual and social work the court has asked for.
The Supreme Court has also asked the administration to find them work for livelihood. The state legal services authority has been asked to file a compliance report as also report on their conduct.
The case concerns the mass killing of 33 innocent Muslims - mostly women and children - who were burnt alive at Sardarpura village in March 2002.
This was part of the mass massacre that swept through Gujarat in the aftermath of the death of train passengers on Sabarmati Express in Godhra on Feb 27, 2002. Thousands of innocent Muslims were killed and raped in the three-day violence. The victims include hundreds of children including newborns.
In 2016, the Gujarat High Court had upheld the conviction of 17 accused in the Sardarpura massacre case.
Earlier, a Special SIT court had convicted a total of 31 persons in the case, after three years of trial against 73 persons from Sardarpura and nearby villages.
Speaking to reporters after the launch of the party manifesto for the zilla and taluk panchayat polls, BJP?State president Pralhad Joshi said Mattu was giving “communal colour” to terrorism. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is yet to respond to the BJP’s?demand that he should clarify the State government’s stand on the issue.
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TERRORIST DNT HAVE ANY RELIGION....
Prahlad Joshi, a mastermind of all Hubli riots and Anjuman ground dispute talking about the statement given by Dinesh Amin a senior writer/Editor and CM's Media advisor is foolish allegation.
There are many examples of the Muslim youths arrests in the past are acquitted by the court in our state and through out India. Recently Mumbai Train blast is another example for this. Mr. Amin is right on his statement and Joshi claim must be ignored.
BJP is always trying to find pebbles in sour milk.
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