{"id":9188,"date":"2011-02-25T15:04:23","date_gmt":"2011-02-25T09:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=9188"},"modified":"2011-02-25T15:04:23","modified_gmt":"2011-02-25T09:34:23","slug":"prosecution-seeks-capital-punishment-for-all-31-accused-in-godhra-train-carnage-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/prosecution-seeks-capital-punishment-for-all-31-accused-in-godhra-train-carnage-case","title":{"rendered":"Prosecution seeks capital punishment for all 31 accused in Godhra train carnage case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Godhra-train-carnage.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9189\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/prosecution-seeks-capital-punishment-for-all-31-accused-in-godhra-train-carnage-case\/godhra-train-carnage\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/02\/Godhra-train-carnage.jpg?fit=200%2C193&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"200,193\" 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=\"Godhra train carnage\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/02\/Godhra-train-carnage.jpg?fit=200%2C193&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9189\" title=\"Godhra train carnage\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Godhra-train-carnage.jpg?resize=200%2C193&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/02\/Godhra-train-carnage.jpg?w=200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/02\/Godhra-train-carnage.jpg?resize=150%2C144&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>The prosecution lawyers in the Godhra train burning case said that they would seek &#8220;maximum punishment&#8221; for the 31 convicts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;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,&#8221; special public prosecutor J M Panchal said.<\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p>The maximum punishment for murder is death, under the IPC.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We would be asking for maximum punishment for the convicts in the case,&#8221; Panchal added.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The prosecution lawyers in the Godhra train burning case said that they would seek &#8220;maximum punishment&#8221; for the 31 convicts. &#8220;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,&#8221; special public prosecutor J M Panchal said. 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