Ayesha Vohra, Nuriben Vohra and Kaderbhai Vohra were killed in Malav Bhagol area of Ode village of Anand district in Gujarat by a ramapaging mob on March 1, 2002, in the aftermath of Godhra train burning incident.
Ankur Shapurbhai Patel, Mohan alias Shashin Ramesh Patel and Nikul Ravji Patel were acquitted by Judge M S Bhatt. They had been charged with murder, unlawful assembly, rioting, arson, etc.
Earlier, the court had convicted ten others in May, 2012 in the case, probed by the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT), and awarded life term to nine and a six-month jail terms to one.
After they were brought back to India, the trial resumed.
This is one of the nine riot cases from Gujarat probed by SIT.