Gujarat ignored trial court’s opinion as board with five BJP members set Bilkis Bano convicts free - Scroll.in

Two BJP MLAs and three other members of the party were on the board that decided the remission plea of the 11 men.

While ordering the release of the 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case, the Gujarat government went against the opinion of the Mumbai trial court that had sentenced them to life imprisonment for rape … [+6914 chars]

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