Gujarat: Special courtroom verdict in 2002 Naroda Gam riots case on April 20 

By PTI

AHMEDABAD: A specific courtroom proper right here in Gujarat on Saturday mounted April 20 for judgment inside the 2002 Naroda Gam massacre of 11 members of a minority neighborhood all through communal riots throughout which former BJP MLA Maya Kodnani and ex-Bajrang Dal chief Babu Bajrangi are among the many many accused.

The lawyer for Bajrangi and others talked about there have been an entire of 86 accused inside the case nevertheless ten of them died in the midst of the pendency of the trial.

At least 11 people have been killed in riots inside the Naroda Gam area of Ahmedabad metropolis all through a bandh on February 28, 2002, a day after 58 passengers coming back from Ayodhya have been killed inside the Godhra put together burning incident.

The courtroom of principal durations Judge S Okay Baxi has mounted April 20 as a result of the date for the choice inside the case and directed the accused to remain present inside the courtroom. The prosecution and the defence had examined 187 and 57 witnesses, respectively, in the midst of the trial that went on for virtually 13 years.

C Okay Shah, the lawyer for Bajrangi and totally different accused, talked about there have been an entire of 86 accused inside the case, of which 10 had died in the midst of the pendency of the trial.

The accused people confronted trial for offences beneath sections 302 (murder), 307 (try to murder), 143 (unlawful assembly), 147 (rioting), 148 (rioting armed with deadly weapons), 129 (B) (felony conspiracy), and 153 (provocation for riots), and so forth. of the Indian Penal Code, he talked about.

The most punishment for his or her crime is dying.

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Kodnani, who was then a minister inside the Narendra Modi-led state authorities, was convicted and sentenced to twenty-eight years in jail inside the Naroda Patiya incident throughout which 97 of us have been massacred.

She was later discharged by the Gujarat High Court.

Apart from rioting and murder, Kodnani, 67, has moreover been charged with felony conspiracy and tried murder inside the Naroda Gam case.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah had appeared as a defence witness for Kodnani in September 2017 after she requested the courtroom to summon him to assist her alibi that she was present inside the Legislative Assembly and later at Sola civil hospital when riots broke out at Naroda Gam.

The Naroda Gam massacre is no doubt one of many 9 essential 2002 communal riots circumstances investigated by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) and heard by designated courts.

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AHMEDABAD: A specific courtroom proper right here in Gujarat on Saturday mounted April 20 for judgment inside the 2002 Naroda Gam massacre of 11 members of a minority neighborhood all through communal riots throughout which former BJP MLA Maya Kodnani and ex-Bajrang Dal chief Babu Bajrangi are among the many many accused.

The lawyer for Bajrangi and others talked about there have been an entire of 86 accused inside the case nevertheless ten of them died in the midst of the pendency of the trial.

At least 11 people have been killed in riots inside the Naroda Gam area of Ahmedabad metropolis all through a bandh on February 28, 2002, a day after 58 passengers coming back from Ayodhya have been killed inside the Godhra put together burning incident.googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

The courtroom of principal durations Judge S Okay Baxi has mounted April 20 as a result of the date for the choice inside the case and directed the accused to remain present inside the courtroom. The prosecution and the defence had examined 187 and 57 witnesses, respectively, in the midst of the trial that went on for virtually 13 years.

C Okay Shah, the lawyer for Bajrangi and totally different accused, talked about there have been an entire of 86 accused inside the case, of which 10 had died in the midst of the pendency of the trial.

The accused people confronted trial for offences beneath sections 302 (murder), 307 (try to murder), 143 (unlawful assembly), 147 (rioting), 148 (rioting armed with deadly weapons), 129 (B) (felony conspiracy), and 153 (provocation for riots), and so forth. of the Indian Penal Code, he talked about.

The most punishment for his or her crime is dying.

ALSO READ | 2002 Naroda Gam riots case: Court factors uncover to ex-IPS officer

Kodnani, who was then a minister inside the Narendra Modi-led state authorities, was convicted and sentenced to twenty-eight years in jail inside the Naroda Patiya incident throughout which 97 of us have been massacred.

She was later discharged by the Gujarat High Court.

Apart from rioting and murder, Kodnani, 67, has moreover been charged with felony conspiracy and tried murder inside the Naroda Gam case.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah had appeared as a defence witness for Kodnani in September 2017 after she requested the courtroom to summon him to assist her alibi that she was present inside the Legislative Assembly and later at Sola civil hospital when riots broke out at Naroda Gam.

The Naroda Gam massacre is no doubt one of many 9 essential 2002 communal riots circumstances investigated by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) and heard by designated courts.

ALSO READ | 2002 Naroda Gam massacre case: SIT submits 12 eye witness accounts