The Gujarat High Court on Monday commuted to life imprisonment the death sentence given by a trial court to 11 convicts in the 2002 Godhra train carnage case. The court, however, upheld the death sentence of 20 other convicts.
The court also directed the government and the railways to pay Rs 10 lakh each to families of those killed in the Godhra train burning case.
The Gujarat High Court pronounced its verdict on a set of appeals challenging convictions and acquittals by a special SIT court in the 2002 Godhra train coach burning case.
The court also directed the government and the railways to pay Rs 10 lakh each to families of those killed in the Godhra train burning case.
The Gujarat High Court pronounced its verdict on a set of appeals challenging convictions and acquittals by a special SIT court in the 2002 Godhra train coach burning case.
Coach S-6 of the