Prosecution seeks capital punishment for all 31 accused in Godhra train carnage case

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The prosecution lawyers in the Godhra train burning case said that they would seek “maximum punishment” for the 31 convicts.

“The court has accepted our contention that the burning of the S-6 coach of the Sabarmati Express was a conspiracy hatched by the convicts,” special public prosecutor J M Panchal said.

He said that since 59 people had died and many were injured in the incident that took place on February 27, 2002; the Indian Penal Code’s section for criminal conspiracy (120B) will have to be read with that of murder (302) and attempt to murder (307), and hence it would attract maximum punishment.

The maximum punishment for murder is death, under the IPC.

“We would be asking for maximum punishment for the convicts in the case,” Panchal added.

A special court on Tuesday convicted 31 people and acquitted 63 others, including key accused Maulvi Hussain Umarji, in the Godhra train carnage that triggered a communal violence in Gujarat which claimed over 1,200 lives, mainly of Muslims, nine years ago.

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