Bilkis Bano’s culprits will now be heard in the Supreme Court
3 convicts in Bilkis Bano case have sought time from the court to surrender. He has filed an application in this regard in the Supreme Court. Let us tell you that out of the two culprits, one has asked for 6 weeks and the other for 4 weeks. Let us tell you that the Supreme Court is ready to hear his petition. The hearing of this case will take place on January 19. The culprits will have to surrender by January 21. Let us tell you that earlier on January 8, the Supreme Court had canceled the state government’s decision to grant remission to 11 convicts in this case and had directed to send the culprits to jail within two weeks.
SC ready to hear the culprits
Let us tell you that during the riots of 2002, Bilkis Bane was gang-raped. Seven members of his family were also murdered. In the same case, the state government had reduced the sentence of 11 convicts, which the Supreme Court rejected and issued a new order. A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjwal Bhuyan said the Gujarat government’s order granting remission of sentence was passed without due consideration and asked whether “remission of sentence is permissible in cases of heinous crimes against women”, No matter what religion or sect the woman follows.
Rape happened during Gujarat riots
Let us tell you that Bilkis Bano was 21 years old at the time of the incident. During that time Bilkis was also 5 months pregnant. But after the Godhra train fire incident, riots broke out in Gujarat. During this time Bilkis Bane was raped. In this case, the Gujarat government had given remission of sentence to all the convicts on 15 August 2022 and they were released. On this, the bench said, “We cancel the order of commutation of sentence on the ground of misuse of powers by the Gujarat government.” The bench, while giving its verdict of more than 100 pages, said that the order of commutation of sentence is being canceled by the Gujarat government. There is no proper government to give.
top court order
The top court clarified that only the state where a criminal is tried and sentenced has the right to decide on the petition for remission of sentence of the convicts. The culprits were prosecuted by Maharashtra. The bench said, ‘We do not need to look at other issues. The rule of law has been violated because the Gujarat government used powers it did not have and abused its power. On that basis also, the order of remission of sentence should be quashed.” The apex court, in its May 13, 2022 order, directed the Gujarat government to consider the plea of ​​one of the convicts for remission of sentence. Deemed the order ‘invalid’ and said it was achieved by ‘frauding the court’ and ‘concealing the facts’.
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