NEW DELHI: In a serious growth, the Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to represent a Special Bench for listening to a plea difficult the pre-mature launch of 11 convicts within the Bilkis Bano rape case. Bilkis Bano, who was gang-raped and 7 members of her household slaughtered throughout the 2002 Gujarat riots, has challenged the pre-mature launch of 11 rape convicts by the BJP-led Gujarat authorities. All 11 convicts have been granted remission by the Gujarat authorities and launched on August 15 final yr.
Supreme Court agrees to represent a bench to listen to pleas difficult the pre-mature launch of 11 convicts who had gang-raped Bilkis Bano and murdered her members of the family throughout the 2002 Godhra riots. pic.twitter.com/I85oe2bE2B
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In her plea, Bilki Bano has contended that ”the state authorities handed a mechanical order fully ignoring the requirement of regulation as laid down by the Supreme Court.”
“The enmasse premature release of the convicts in the much talked about case of Bilkis Bano, has shaken the conscience of the society and resulted in a number of agitations across the country,” she mentioned in her plea.
Bilkis Bano was 21 years previous and 5 months pregnant when she was gang-raped whereas fleeing the riots that broke out after the Godhra practice burning incident. Her three-year-old daughter was among the many seven members of the family killed. The investigation within the case was handed over to the CBI and the trial was transferred to a Maharashtra courtroom by the Supreme Court.
A particular CBI courtroom in Mumbai had on January 21, 2008, sentenced the 11 to life imprisonment on fees of gang-rape of Bilkis Bano and homicide of seven members of her household. Their conviction was later upheld by the Bombay High Court and the Supreme Court.
The 11 males convicted within the case walked out of the Godhra sub-jail on August 15 after the Gujarat authorities allowed their launch beneath its remission coverage. They had accomplished greater than 15 years in jail.
