Bail pleas of some convicts in Godhra prepare burning case opposed by Gujarat in SC
By PTI
NEW DELHI: The Gujarat authorities has opposed within the Supreme Court the bail pleas of some convicts of the 2002 Godhra prepare burning case, saying they weren’t mere stone-pelters and their acts prevented individuals from escaping the burning coach.
On February 27, 2002, 59 individuals had been killed when the S-6 coach of Sabarmati Express was burnt at Godhra, triggering riots within the state.
The matter got here up for listening to on Friday earlier than a bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice P S Narasimha.
The apex court docket, whereas asking the state to specify the person roles of the convicts, noticed that bail pleas of those that had been accused of stone pelting may very well be thought-about as they’ve already spent 17-18 years in jail.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, showing for the state of Gujarat, mentioned these convicts threw stones on the prepare which prevented individuals from escaping the burning coach.
“It is not a case of mere stone pelting,” he instructed the bench.
Mehta instructed the bench that appeals filed by the convicts within the high court docket towards the October 2017 verdict of the Gujarat High Court, which had upheld their conviction within the case, may very well be listed for listening to.
He instructed the bench that he would look at the person roles of those convicts and apprise the bench about it. The bench has posted the matter for additional listening to on December 15.
In its October 2017 judgement, the excessive court docket had commuted to life imprisonment the loss of life sentence awarded to 11 convicts within the Godhra prepare burning case. It had upheld the life sentence awarded to twenty different convicts within the case.
On November 11, the apex court docket had prolonged the interval of interim bail granted to one of many convicts till March 31, 2023.
It had famous that on May 13, the highest court docket had granted him interim bail for six months on the bottom that his spouse was affected by terminal stage most cancers and his daughters had been differently-abled.
In its November 11 order, the bench had famous that having due regard to the state of affairs which continues to subsist, “we extend the period of interim bail until March 31, 2023 on the same terms and conditions”.
NEW DELHI: The Gujarat authorities has opposed within the Supreme Court the bail pleas of some convicts of the 2002 Godhra prepare burning case, saying they weren’t mere stone-pelters and their acts prevented individuals from escaping the burning coach.
On February 27, 2002, 59 individuals had been killed when the S-6 coach of Sabarmati Express was burnt at Godhra, triggering riots within the state.
The matter got here up for listening to on Friday earlier than a bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice P S Narasimha.
The apex court docket, whereas asking the state to specify the person roles of the convicts, noticed that bail pleas of those that had been accused of stone pelting may very well be thought-about as they’ve already spent 17-18 years in jail.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, showing for the state of Gujarat, mentioned these convicts threw stones on the prepare which prevented individuals from escaping the burning coach.
“It is not a case of mere stone pelting,” he instructed the bench.
Mehta instructed the bench that appeals filed by the convicts within the high court docket towards the October 2017 verdict of the Gujarat High Court, which had upheld their conviction within the case, may very well be listed for listening to.
He instructed the bench that he would look at the person roles of those convicts and apprise the bench about it. The bench has posted the matter for additional listening to on December 15.
In its October 2017 judgement, the excessive court docket had commuted to life imprisonment the loss of life sentence awarded to 11 convicts within the Godhra prepare burning case. It had upheld the life sentence awarded to twenty different convicts within the case.
On November 11, the apex court docket had prolonged the interval of interim bail granted to one of many convicts till March 31, 2023.
It had famous that on May 13, the highest court docket had granted him interim bail for six months on the bottom that his spouse was affected by terminal stage most cancers and his daughters had been differently-abled.
In its November 11 order, the bench had famous that having due regard to the state of affairs which continues to subsist, “we extend the period of interim bail until March 31, 2023 on the same terms and conditions”.
