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The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted regular bail to activist Teesta Setalvad in a case of alleged fabrication of evidence in relation to the 2002 Gujarat riots.
A three-judge bench of Justices B R Gavai, A S Bopanna and Dipankar Datta set aside the order of the Gujarat High Court rejecting activist Teesta Setalvad's plea for regular bail.
A sessions court acquitted 19 persons who were accused of killing 17, including two children, in a rioting and murder case related to the Godhra Riots of 2002.
"Suspension of all norms of justice and gross violation of human and civil rights represents a state of undeclared emergency in India," the statement reads.
The Ahmedabad crime branch said that none of the two accused – Setalvad and Sreekumar – are cooperating in the investigation. He added that more people may be involved in the criminal conspiracy.