{"id":42275,"date":"2016-04-04T19:10:09","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T13:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=42275"},"modified":"2016-04-05T03:49:02","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T22:19:02","slug":"14-yrs-31-acquitted-2-post-godhra-riots-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/14-yrs-31-acquitted-2-post-godhra-riots-cases","title":{"rendered":"14 yrs on, 31 acquitted in 2 post-Godhra riots cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_42276\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42276\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/godhara.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-42276\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"42276\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/14-yrs-31-acquitted-2-post-godhra-riots-cases\/godhara\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/godhara.jpg?fit=650%2C425&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"650,425\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"godhara\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/godhara.jpg?fit=300%2C196&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/godhara.jpg?fit=640%2C418&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-42276 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/godhara.jpg?resize=300%2C196&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"14 yrs on, 31 acquitted in 2 post-Godhra riots cases\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/godhara.jpg?resize=300%2C196&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/godhara.jpg?w=650&amp;ssl=1 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42276\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">14 yrs on, 31 acquitted in 2 post-Godhra riots cases<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Thirty-one people accused of looting and arson at Thara village in North Gujarat in two cases related to the 2002 post-Godhra riots were today acquitted by a court at Deesa in the district.<\/p>\n<p>Sessions judge N M Parmar pronounced the verdict, saying there wasn\u2019t enough evidence.<\/p>\n<p>On February 28, 2002, a day after the Godhra train burning incident in which 59 people died, BJP workers at Thara had given a bandh call.<\/p>\n<p>There was violence in the village during which 20 shops on the highway were gutted.<\/p>\n<p>On the same evening, over three dozen houses were damaged and set on fire. No one was killed.<\/p>\n<p>Police registered two separate cases without naming anyone. Names of 31 and 33 accused were added in the two cases, respectively, after the Gujarat High Court ordered a reinvestigation.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the individuals were accused in both the cases. Three of the accused died during the trial; the others were out on bail.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thirty-one people accused of looting and arson at Thara village in North Gujarat in two cases related to the 2002 post-Godhra riots were today acquitted by a court at Deesa in the district. Sessions judge N M Parmar pronounced the verdict, saying there wasn\u2019t enough evidence. 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