{"id":21360,"date":"2012-06-30T15:40:58","date_gmt":"2012-06-30T10:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=21360"},"modified":"2012-06-30T15:41:00","modified_gmt":"2012-06-30T10:11:00","slug":"naroda-patiya-riot-case-verdict-defered-aug-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/naroda-patiya-riot-case-verdict-defered-aug-29","title":{"rendered":"Naroda Patiya riot case: Verdict defered to Aug 29"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/naroda-patiya-riot-case-verdict-defered-aug-29\/naroda\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21361\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21361\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/naroda-patiya-riot-case-verdict-defered-aug-29\/naroda\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/06\/naroda.jpg?fit=291%2C218&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"291,218\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"naroda\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/06\/naroda.jpg?fit=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/06\/naroda.jpg?fit=291%2C218&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-21361\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/naroda-150x112.jpg?resize=150%2C112&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/06\/naroda.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/06\/naroda.jpg?w=291&amp;ssl=1 291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>A designated court of Gujarat \u00a0today deferred to 29 August, 2012 the pronouncement of judgment in the <span style=\"color: #800000\"><strong>Naroda Patiya riot case<\/strong> <\/span>of 2002, in which a former BJP Minister is one of the 61 accused.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000\"><strong>Special judge Ms Jyotsna Yagnik<\/strong><\/span>, who had earlier given a tentative date today for delivering the much-awaited judgment of\u00a0 Naroda Patiya riot case, put off the verdict by two months without assigning any reason.<\/p>\n<p>Naroda Patiya, a locality in the city, saw one of the worst riots in the wake of <span style=\"color: #800000\">Sabarmati Express<\/span> burning incident near <span style=\"color: #800000\">Godhra<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0In<strong> <\/strong>Naroda Patiya riot case Ninety-seven members of a minority community were massacred in the area by a violent mob on 28 February, 2002, a day after the Godhra train fire<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A designated court of Gujarat \u00a0today deferred to 29 August, 2012 the pronouncement of judgment in the Naroda Patiya riot case of 2002, in which a former BJP Minister is one of the 61 accused. 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