New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Saturday turned down a plea filed by Gujarat gangrape victim Bilkis Bano against the premature release of 11 convicts serving life sentence for gangraping her during the 2002 riots. The released convicts were given a rousing welcome in their hometown and the images of rapists being garlanded sparked massive national outrage. The petitioner had
New Delhi: Bilkis Bano has filed a petition in the Supreme Court on Wednesday challenging the premature release of 11 convicts who had gang-raped her and murdered her family members during the 2002 Godhra riots. These convicts were sentenced to life imprisonment in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case. Bano filed a review petition against the May order of the top court which
A single bench of Justice Bharati Dangre in the order of August 22, which was made available on Wednesday, also noted that a child in conflict with law deserves to be reunited with his family.