"Designated Judge S C Srivastava has set July 30 for the pronouncement of judgement in the case," special prosecutor Mukesh K Brahmabhatt said.
A mob had killed 11 members of a single family, including two children and a 65-year-old woman, on March 1, 2002 at Dipda Darwaja area of Visnagar town in Mehsana district.
Initially, charges had been framed against 83 accused but later the court allowed the application of complainant Mohammad Iqbal Baloch, listing BJP MLA Prahlad Gosa and former investigating officer of the case M K Patel, as additional accused in the case taking the total number to 85.
However, one of the accused against whom charges were framed was found to be minor at the time of the crime following which the court ordered his trial by a juvenile court, while one of the accused died during the course of trial.
"The verdict will be pronounced against 83 accused who have been charged under sections 302 (murder), 307 (attempted murder), 323 (Punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 324 (Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means), 325 (causing grievous hurt with deadly weapons), 367 (kidnapping in order to cause grievous hurt) of Indian Penal Code among other sections," said Brahmabhatt.
Dipda Darwaja is one of the nine cases, including the Godhra train burning case, that was probed by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) on orders of the Supreme Court. (MORE)