Bilkis Bano Case: Kin of one convict to surrender today as SC denies relief

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A relative of among the 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case stated on Saturday that he will give up on the night of January 21, the due date set by the Supreme Court. The peak court on Friday dismissed a plea by the convicts, sentenced to life jail time in the gangrape of Bilkis Bano and the murder of 7 of her relative throughout the 2002 Gujarat riots, looking for an extension of time to give up. The convicts, who come from Singvad and Randhikpur towns in Singvad taluka of Dahod, are needed to give up at Godhra sub-jail in Panchmahal district on Sunday.

A relative of Shailesh Bhatt, among the convicts, informed PTI that he would give up before the Godhra prison authorities on Sunday evening.The leading court had on January 8 annulled the remission given to the convicts by the Gujarat federal government in the prominent case, knocking the state for “usurpation of power”.

On August 15, 2022, the convicts were given early release after the Gujarat federal government accepted their remission applications in accordance with its 1992 policy, mentioning their ‘great conduct’ in prison. The authorities in Dahod district, from where the convicts hail, had actually stated on Friday that the guys were under “authorities see” and not missing out on, as declared by some media reports. The cops stated the convicts had actually been gotten in touch with and it did not appear that they had any intent of going incommunicado.

As it quashed the Gujarat federal government’s choice to approve remission to the convicts in the Bilkis Bano case, the Supreme Court had on January 8 bought the 11 guys to return to prison within 2 weeks. 5 of the convicts later on moved the Supreme Court looking for more time to give up on numerous premises, consisting of stopping working health, impending surgical treatment, boy’s marital relationship and collecting crops. The SC on Friday dismissed their applications, observing that the factors had no benefit.

The convicts– Bakabhai Vohania, Bipin Chandra Joshi, Kesarbhai Vohania, Govind Nai, Jaswant Nai, Mitesh Bhatt, Pradeep Mordhiya, Radheshyam Shah, Rajubhai Soni, Ramesh Chandana and Shailesh Bhatt– had actually remained in prison for 14 years before their release in August 2022. After Bano submitted a petition challenging the state’s choice, the leading court quashed the remission order, ruling that the Gujarat federal government did not have jurisdiction to give early release to the convicts as the trial had actually been kept in Maharashtra.