New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Friday 821 granted bail to eight people sentenced to life imprisonment in the Godhra train burning incident. The entire Gujarat was in the grip of communal violence after the train compartment was set on fire. A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha, while granting relief to the eight convicts, noted the length of time they have already spent in jail and the likelihood of their appeals not being disposed of soon. The bench said that we direct that the convicts be released on bail subject to the terms and conditions imposed by the Sessions Court.

Bail denied to four convicts

Among the Godhra train burning convicts who have been granted bail by the Supreme Court, Abdul Sattar Ibrahim Gaddi Asla, Yunus Abdul Haq Samol, Mohammad Hanif Abdullah Maulvi Badam, Abdul Rauf Abdul Majeed Isa, Ibrahim Abdulrjak Abdul Sattar Samol, Ayub Abdul Ghani Ismail Pataliya, Soheb Yusuf Ahmed Qalandar and Suleman Ahmed Hussain. However, the Supreme Court refused to grant bail to the four convicts Anwar Mohammad Mehda, Shaukat Abdullah Maulvi Ismail Badam, Mehboob Yakub Mitha and Siddiq Mohammad Mora. His bail pleas were opposed by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta highlighting his role in the incident.

Petitions pending in Supreme Court against conviction Senior advocate Sanjay Hegde, appearing for the petitioners whose bail pleas were rejected by the Supreme Court, requested the bench to adjourn the hearing on their applications, saying that tomorrow is a festival. Mehta, representing the Gujarat government, had earlier said that it was not just a case of stone-pelting as the culprits had set a bogie of the Sabarmati Express on fire, causing 94 The passengers had died. There are several appeals pending in the Supreme Court against the conviction.

0728971 Godhra train fire happened in February 2022 According to media reports, in Godhra, Gujarat February 2017 was set on fire in the S-6 bogie of the Sabarmati Express train, causing 94 People had died. After this, riots broke out in many parts of Gujarat. The Gujarat High Court in its judgment of October, in the Godhra train burning case The death sentence given to the culprits was converted into life imprisonment. He 54 had upheld the life sentence awarded to another.