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Godhra train burning case convicts
file appeals in HC
Sunday May 22, 2011 10:40:30 PM,
PTI
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Ahmedabad: The 31
accused, convicted by the trial court in the 2002 Godhra train
burning case, have filed appeals before the Gujarat High Court.
On March 1 this year, a special trial court here convicted 31
persons and acquitted 63 others in connection with the burning of
S-6 coach of the Sabarmati Express near Godhra railway station in
2002, wherein 59 people, mostly karsevaks, died. The incident had
triggered widespread communal riots in the state.
The appeals were filed last week by the accused, including Haji
Bilal, Mohammad Kurkur, Binyamin Behra, Hasan Charkha, Yusuf Zarda,
Mehbub Ahmed alias Latiko and five others who were awarded death
sentence, and others who were awarded life sentences.
Hearing on these appeals is likely to be taken up after the summer
vacation of the High Court, said special public prosecutor J M
Panchal.
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