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Godhra case: Gujarat HC commutes death sentence to life term for 11 convicts

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court yesterday commuted the death penalty awarded by a lower court to 11 convicts in the 2002 Godhra train burning case into life imprisonment. The HC upheld the…

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Published October 10, 2017 · 1 min read
godhra case: gujarat hc commut

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court yesterday commuted the death penalty awarded by a lower court to 11 convicts in the 2002 Godhra train burning case into life imprisonment.

The HC upheld the conviction of 20 other people who were sentenced to life imprisonment by a special court which had in 2011 convicted the 31 people of murder and conspiracy. The special court had acquitted 63 others due to lack of evidence, which notably included prime accused Maulana Umarji.

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