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Bilkis Bano case: SC agrees to hear PIL challenging remission granted to 11 convicts
1 min read . Updated: 23 Aug 2022, 11:56 AM IST Livemint
Bilkis Bano case: Members of the various organisations holding placards stage a protest against the release of 11 gang-rape and murder convicts in the Bilkis Bano case, at Freedom Park, in Bengaluru (Shashidhar Byrappa)
The Gujarat government on August 15 released 11 convicts who had been sentenced to life imprisonment in the Bilkis Bano gang rape and murder case
Supreme Court has agreed to consider listing a plea challenging the grant of remission to 11 convicts in Bilkis Bano case on Tuesday.
The Gujarat government on August 15 released 11 convicts who had been sentenced to life imprisonment in the Bilkis Bano gang rape and murder case.
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The convicts were released after the state government panel approved their application for remission of sentence under a remission policy prevalent in Gujarat at the time of their conviction in 2008.
A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana took note of the submissions of senior advocate Kapil Sibal and lawyer Aparna Bhat against the grant of remission and consequent release of the convicts in the case.
"We are only challenging the remission and not the Supreme Court order. The Supreme Court order is fine, My Lords. We are challenging the principles on the basis of which remission was granted," Sibal said.
Earlier on August 19, Telangana MLC K Kavitha wrote a letter to the Chief Justice of India urging the Supreme Court to intervene in the matter of the release of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano rape case under the remission policy of the Gujarat government.
The apex court had earlier asked the Gujarat government to consider the plea of remission.
Bilkis Bano, who was pregnant at the time, was gang-raped and her three-year-old daughter Saleha was among 14 killed by a mob on March 3, 2002, in Dahod during violence that broke out across the state after the Sabarmati Express was attacked in Godhra and 59 passengers, mainly 'kar sewaks', were burnt to death.
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A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Mumbai on January 21, 2008, sentenced the 11 to life imprisonment on charges of gangrape and murder of seven members of Bano's family. Their conviction was later upheld by the Bombay High Court.
And, on August 15, India's Independence Day celebration, all 11 convicts walked out of the Godhra sub-jail under its remission policy. They had completed more than 15 years in jail.
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