Special court judge R M Sarin convicted the nine accused under the charges of murder, rioting and criminal conspiracy and awarded life imprisonment to them.
The court also awarded six months imprisonment to one accused who has been convicted for voluntarily causing hurt to the victims.
The court acquitted 17 people saying that they were not involved in the case while 13 others were given benefit of doubt.
Three persons of minority community were killed in Malva Bhagol area of Ode village on March 1, 2002 as part of state-wide repercussions of Godhra train burning incident of February 27, 2002.
There were 41 accused in the case against whom the charges were framed on the complaint of one Rehana Yusufbhai Vohra but one of them had died during the trial. Those killed in the incident were Ayesha Vohra, Nuriben Vohra and Kaderbhai Vohra.
During the trial, the court had examined 67 witnesses and 98 documentary evidence were put up before the court.
This is the second case of Ode village in which court has given its verdict. In the first case, another court had sentenced 18 people to life imprisonment while awarding seven years jail to five others, in connection with massacre of 23 persons in Ode village during the 2002 post-Godhra riots.
The case was probed by the Supreme Court appointed special investigation team headed by former CBI director R K Raghavan. MORE
