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AHMEDABAD: Eleven convicts sentenced to life for gang rape and murder in the 2002 Bilkis Bano case walked out from Godhra sub-jail on Monday, based on the recommendation of a panel set up a few months ago to consider their release under Gujarat‘s remission policy.
“The committee had been formed on the instructions of the Supreme Court,” Panchmahal collector Sujal Mayatra said.
“The release order was issued on Sunday.” Bilkis Bano was 21 and five months pregnant when she was sexually assaulted on March 3, 2002, while fleeing rioting in the aftermath of the Godhra train burning. Her three kids were among the victims.
On January 21, 2008, a special CBI court in Mumbai sentenced to life all 11 accused. The Bombay HC upheld their conviction for gang rape and murder of seven members of Bano’s family.
After over 15 years in jail, one of the convicted men moved a remission plea in the SC, which directed Gujarat to look into it.
“The committee had been formed on the instructions of the Supreme Court,” Panchmahal collector Sujal Mayatra said.
“The release order was issued on Sunday.” Bilkis Bano was 21 and five months pregnant when she was sexually assaulted on March 3, 2002, while fleeing rioting in the aftermath of the Godhra train burning. Her three kids were among the victims.
On January 21, 2008, a special CBI court in Mumbai sentenced to life all 11 accused. The Bombay HC upheld their conviction for gang rape and murder of seven members of Bano’s family.
After over 15 years in jail, one of the convicted men moved a remission plea in the SC, which directed Gujarat to look into it.
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