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BJP legislator, 31 others get life terms for
Naroda Patiya carnage
Friday August 31, 2012 07:44:19 PM,
IANS
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Ahmedabad: A special
Gujarat court Friday sentenced Bharatiya Janata Party legislator
and former Gujarat minister Maya Kodnani to 28 years in jail for
her involvement in the 2002 post-Godhra riots in Naroda Patiya
where 97 Muslims were killed.
Former Bajrang Dal leader Babu Bajrangi, who was also convicted in
the case, has been awarded life imprisonment till death, while the
other 30 convicts were also awarded life terms.
Explaining the details of the sentence, Special Public Prosecutor
Akhil Desai said that the life term awarded to Kodnani and other
convicts apart from Bajrangi are under various sections of the
Indian Penal Code.
"Kodnani gets 10 years under section 307 of the Indian Penal Code
(attempt to murder), and 18 years under section 302 (punishment
for murder)," Desai told media persons here after the sentencing.
He said that in India, someone convicted to a life sentence is
entitled to remission after 14 years imprisonment. However Kodnani
will only be entitled to remission after 28 years, while Bajarangi
will stay in jail till his death.
Of the 30 others convicted for the crime, seven will face a 10
plus 21 years of life imprisonment, while the rest will be
entitled to 10 plus 14 years of imprisonment.
Desai said that he respects the decision of the court not to give
the death sentence adding that the court has taken cognizance of
the suffering of the victims.
More than 10 years after a mob hacked and burnt to death the 97
Muslims in Naroda Patiya here Feb 28, 2002, the special court had
Wednesday convicted 32 people, including Kodnani and Bajrangi, for
the massacre.
The special court in Ahmedabad also acquitted 29 people.
In 2009, the Supreme Court appointed a Special Investigation Team
(SIT) to probe the case as well as other cases relating to the
Gujarat riots in which 1,000 people, mostly Muslims, were killed.
Of the 64 people accused in the case, three died during trial. The
remaining 61 accused were tried for murder, arson and rioting.
Most of them were out on bail.
A total of 327 witnesses and 2,500 documentary evidences were
presented to court in the case.
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