Supreme Court will hear arguments on pleas challenging premature release of 11 convicts on Oct 9

Bilkis Bano was 21 years old and five months pregnant when she was gangraped while fleeing the horror of the communal riots that broke out after the Godhra train-burning incident.

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The 11 convicts of the Bilkis Bano case walked out of the Godhra sub-jail on August 15, serving 18 years of their life term, after the Gujarat government granted them remission from the life sentencing. (Express photo)

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A bench of Justice B V Nagarathna and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan asked the counsel for the petitioners, including Bano, to
file their short written rejoinder arguments.

One of the advocates appearing in the matter said arguments on behalf of the convicts have been concluded and now the matter has been fixed for hearing rejoinder submissions by the petitioners’ counsel.

“We don’t want re-opening of the whole case again at your instance,” the bench told the lawyer, adding that it would be better if the petitioners counsel file a short note of their rejoinder arguments.

“List on October 9 at 2 pm. In the meanwhile, counsel for the petitioners to file their short written arguments…,” the bench said.

Bilkis Bano was 21 years old and five months pregnant when she was gangraped while fleeing the horror of the communal riots that broke out after the Godhra train-burning incident.

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