Bilkis Bano case: Supreme Court sets aside acquittal of 11 convicts

BY A STAFF REPORTER 

The Supreme Court has made a big comment in the Bilkis Bano case. The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the validity of a plea challenging the speedy acquittal of 11 convicts in the 2002 Gujarat riots case and the rape case. SC has set aside the acquittal of 11 convicts.  Eleven people will return to jail.  The court said the state of Gujarat is not able to pass a mercy order in the case. On October 12, 2023, a bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Ujjwal Bhuyan reserved its verdict on the petition filed by Bilkis Bano and others. In November 2022, Bilkis Bano, a victim of gang rape during the 2002 Gujarat riots, herself moved the court against the state government's decision to grant premature release to 11 convicts sentenced to life imprisonment. 

Bilkis Bano case | Supreme Court holds that the State, where an offender is tried and sentenced, is competent to decide the remission plea of convicts. Supreme Court holds that the State of Gujarat was not competent to pass the remission orders of the convicts but the Maharashtra… pic.twitter.com/290cpclC5y

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