{"id":55248,"date":"2019-01-23T11:42:18","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T06:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=55248"},"modified":"2019-01-23T11:42:18","modified_gmt":"2019-01-23T06:12:18","slug":"supreme-court-grants-bail-to-4-convicts-in-2002-naroda-patiya-riots-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-grants-bail-to-4-convicts-in-2002-naroda-patiya-riots-case","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court Grants Bail to 4 Convicts in 2002 Naroda Patiya Riots Case."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/naroda-patiya.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" data-attachment-id=\"55249\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-grants-bail-to-4-convicts-in-2002-naroda-patiya-riots-case\/naroda-patiya\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/naroda-patiya.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,168\" 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=\"naroda patiya\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/naroda-patiya.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-55249\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/naroda-patiya.jpg?resize=300%2C168&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/naroda-patiya.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/naroda-patiya.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Supreme Court granted bail to four convicts on the chief grounds that the High Court verdict of conviction was \u201cdebatable\u201d and that they should be released on bail since their appeal would take much time for disposal.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court has ordered the release of four convicts on bail in the 2002 Naroda Patiya riots case.<\/p>\n<p>At least 97 Muslims were killed in Ahmedabad\u2019s Naroda Patiya area on February 28, 2002, when a mob of thousands descended upon the locality, and murdered them. The incident was one of the worst cases of mob violence during the Gujarat riots.<\/p>\n<p>In the Naroda Patiya case, the Gujarat High Court had last year convicted Bajrang Dal leader Babu Bajrangi, but acquitted former BJP minister Maya Kodnani for want of evidence.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, a Supreme Court bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar granted bail to four convicts on the chief grounds that the High Court verdict of conviction was \u201cdebatable\u201d and that they should be released on bail since their appeal would take much time for disposal. In three bail orders, the Supreme Court has expressed serious doubts over the conviction.<\/p>\n<p>All these accused were held guilty under Section 436 (mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to destroy house) of the Indian Penal Code, along with other provisions relating to unlawful assembly.<\/p>\n<p>The bench released Umeshbhai Surabhai Bharwad, Rajkumar, Padmendrasinh Jaswantsinh Rajput and Harshad alias Mungda Jila Govind Chhara Parmar on bail after imposing ordinary conditions to be laid out by the trial court.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court, while deciding the bail plea, also noted that the Gujarat HC had primarily relied upon identification of these convicts by police officials but in some cases, no identification parade was conducted and the appeals raised doubt over their identification in a group of around 15,000 persons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrima facie, we find that the approach of the High court is debatable,\u201d said the bench, while granting bail to Bharwad. It also noted that Bharwad was undergoing treatment for HIV and that he had been on bail during the trial of the case.<\/p>\n<p>Taking up the bail plea by Rajkumar, the apex court noted that the HC convicted him while observing that even in absence of any specific role attributed to the applicant his presence being established, the charge of being a member of the unlawful assembly must hold good.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrima facie, we find this approach to be doubtful, especially when the witnesses relied upon by the prosecution are police officials and no identification parade of this applicant was conducted during the investigation by the Police,\u201d noted the bench, granting bail to Rajkumar.<\/p>\n<p>The court further noted that Harshad alias Mungda Jila was sentenced to 10 years in jail. \u201cHe has already undergone more than five years of actual imprisonment coupled with the fact that the hearing of the appeal is not likely to take place in the immediate near future. Accordingly, applicant is ordered to be released on bail to the satisfaction of the trial court,\u201d directed the bench.<\/p>\n<p>It also released another convict, Prakashbhai Sureshbhai Rathod, on interim bail between January 28 and February 15 to attend his daughter\u2019s wedding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court granted bail to four convicts on the chief grounds that the High Court verdict of conviction was \u201cdebatable\u201d and that they should be released on bail since their appeal would take much time for disposal. 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