Naroda Patiya: Kin of convicts raise slogans against CM,Kodnani,Teesta…

A large number of women relatives of the convicts could be seen wailing.

As the news of sentences awarded to different convicts came out,three of them fainted and an ambulance had to be called in.

Among the three were Anju,wife of Vikram M Rathod,one of the convicts,and Priyanka,daughter of Ramesh K Didawala,another convict.

“Anju’s husband and her brother are among the convicts. She had been crying since they were pronounced guilty,” said Amrat Rathod,a relative,who was among the 29 accused who were acquitted by the court.

In contrast,Kodnani’s husband Surendrabhai,who hugged her when she arrived with the rest of the convicts,was quiet.

Among the crowd were also a few accused in the case who were acquitted in other cases of 2002 riots,like Bharat Teli and Atul Vaidya.

A large number of VHP and Bajrang Dal members were also present.

The crowd dispersed for a while only when it rained around 1 pm.

Non-bailable warrant against absconding convict

The trial court on Friday issued a non-bailable warrant against convict Suresh alias Sehjad Danubhai Netalkar,who has been absconding.

The court called the bail guarantor of Netalkar and gave a stern warning that it would not tolerate this.

The trial judge asked the SIT to submit a report on September 3 on the attempts made to trace the convict.

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ON CONSPIRACY

Thousands of people attacked weaponless,helpless and frightened victims with intention,pre-planning…

ON RAPE

Fact remains that such commission of offences (rape) against women were also committed in a public place,shamelessly and fearlessly

ON NOT AWARDING DEATH

Even though this can be considered as rarest of the rare case on the face of it,considering the fact that a long time has elapsed during which period they (accused) had to undergo the agonies of the trial for 3 years in… (since) the sword has been kept hanging for 10 long years on the accused,the purpose of deterrence has already been partly served.