{"id":43228,"date":"2016-06-01T10:32:51","date_gmt":"2016-06-01T05:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=43228"},"modified":"2016-06-01T10:32:51","modified_gmt":"2016-06-01T05:02:51","slug":"gulberg-society-massacre-verdict-likely-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/gulberg-society-massacre-verdict-likely-tomorrow","title":{"rendered":"Gulberg Society massacre: Verdict likely tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_37772\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37772\" style=\"width: 228px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/sitamarhi.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"37772\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-awards-10-year-jail-to-bjp-mla-two-former-mps\/sitamarhi\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/sitamarhi.jpg?fit=228%2C160&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"228,160\" 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=\"sitamarhi\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/sitamarhi.jpg?fit=228%2C160&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/sitamarhi.jpg?fit=228%2C160&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-37772 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/sitamarhi.jpg?resize=228%2C160&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Gulberg Society massacre: Verdict likely tomorrow\" width=\"228\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37772\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gulberg Society massacre: Verdict likely tomorrow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A special SIT court is likely to pronounce its verdict tomorrow in connection with a 2002 post-Godhra riots case of Gulberg Society in which 69 persons including former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri were killed.<\/p>\n<p>Special Court Judge P B Desai will deliver the judgement over eight months after the trial concluded on September 22, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court, which is monitoring the case, had directed the SIT court to give its verdict by May 31.<\/p>\n<p>There are 66 accused named by the SIT in the case, of which nine are behind bars since 14 years, while others are out on bail.<\/p>\n<p>One of the accused, Bipin Patel is a sitting BJP\u00a0corporator from Asarva seat. He was also the corporator in 2002 when the massacre happened and won the election for fourth consecutive term last year.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the court had turned down pleas moved by two accused&#8211;Narayan Tank and Babu Rathod&#8211;to conduct narco analysis and brain mapping tests on them to prove their innocence. The court maintained that it was not required when the verdict was imminent.<\/p>\n<p>During the trial, riots victim&#8217;s lawyer had argued that the massacre was a pre-planned criminal conspiracy hatched by the accused to kill minority community members of the Gulberg Society.<\/p>\n<p>The defence had refuted the conspiracy theory of prosecution and claimed that the mob resorted to violence only after slain Congress MP Eshan Jafri fired several rounds on them.<\/p>\n<p>The Gulberg Society case is one of the nine cases of the 2002 Gujarat riots probed by the Supreme Court appointed SIT.<\/p>\n<p>The incident had taken place a day after S-6 coach of Sabarmati Express was burnt near Godhra train station, where in 58 &#8216;karsevaks&#8217; were killed.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A special SIT court is likely to pronounce its verdict tomorrow in connection with a 2002 post-Godhra riots case of Gulberg Society in which 69 persons including former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri were killed. Special Court Judge P B Desai will deliver the judgement over eight months after the trial concluded on September 22, 2015. 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