HC to hear appeal by ex-minister Maya Kodnani challenging conviction in the 2002 riots case

Written By Unknown on Sabtu, 24 November 2012 | 07.20

AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat high court is to hear an appeal against life imprisonment filed by former minister Maya Kodnani in connection with the Naroda Patia massacre on Monday.

A bench of Justice R R Tripathi and Justice R D Kothari will take up the appeals filed by the convicts in this case. There are 27 other convicts along with the former state minister for social justice and woman and children development that have challenged conviction recorded by a special court.

In August, special judge Jyotsna Yagnik awarded 28-year imprisonment to Kodnani after holding her kingpin and instigator of the massacre, wherein 97 persons were killed on the day after Godhra carnage took place - February 28, 2002. The trial court convicted 31 others also with life term in jail. However, the court punished eight persons with imprisonment of 31 years, while ordered that another leader of the mob, Babu Bajrangi, should be jailed till the end of his life. The rest of the convicts got 24 years of imprisonment. The court acquitted 29 persons.

Kodnani's lawyer, Hardik Dave said that Kodnani has challenged the conviction recorded by the designated court and would be heard on Monday for admission purpose.

This case was probed by not less than half-a-dozen police officers before the Supreme Court handed investigation to the special investigation team (SIT). In 2009, the high court set up nine special courts to hear SIT-probed cases. After a lengthy proceedings of 73 months, additional sessions judge Yagnik delivered her verdict that ran into more than 2000 pages.


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