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Sentence to convicts in Gulberg society case on June 17
AHMEDABAD: A special SIT court will announce quantam of punishments to the 24 men convicted in the 2002 Gulberg society massacre on June 17.
AHMEDABAD: A special SIT court will announce quantam of punishments to the 24 men convicted in the 2002 Gulberg society massacre on June 17.
The prosecution had demanded at least life in jail for those guilty of murder.
The special investigation (SIT) court had found 24 people guilty on June 2, 11 of them of murder, in the 14-year-old case.
Justice PB Desai, while acquitting 36 people, including alleged main conspirator and BJP councillor Bipin Patel, rejected claims that the attack on the predominantly Muslim residential area was planned.
Arguing against capital punishment, the defence, led by advocate Abhay Bhardwaj, sought lighter punishment. It based its argument on the court ruling out the conspiracy angle.
The two sides concluded the arguments on June 10.
Sixty-nine people, including former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, were killed on February 28, 2002 in the communal violence that ravaged Gujarat.
Ehsan Jafri’s wife Zakia had termed the judgment as “justice half delivered” and said she would move a higher court as the main conspirator had been set free.
