Bilkis Bano Convicts' Bail Pleas Dismissed. What Supreme Court Said
NDTV
Bhagwandas and Babualal had sought temporary release till the Supreme Court ruled on a fresh remission plea, which challenged the court's January 8 ruling.
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed interim bail petitions filed by two men - Radheyshyam Bhagwandas and Rajubhai Babulal - who had been convicted of raping Bilkis Bano and killing her family during the 2002 riots in Gujarat's Godhra.
Bhagwandas and Babualal had sought temporary release till the top court ruled on a fresh remission plea. They have filed a challenge to the court's January verdict that cancelled their release by the Gujarat government on Independence Day in 2022.
In March, Bhagwandas and Babulal moved the court contending the January verdict contravened a 2002 order by the Constitution bench and asked that the issue - of their remission by the Gujarat government being cancelled - be referred to a larger bench.
