PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday said she was shoc🏅ked and numbed when rapists of Bilkis Bano were released l❀ast week.
The 11 convic꧃ts walked out of the Godhra sub-jail on August 15 after the Gujarat government allowed their release under its remission policy. They had completed more than 15 years in jail.
"Was shocked & felt numb after the release of Bilkis Bano's rapists & the manner in which they were feted.♓ Hope the Hon’ble SC gives her justice," Mehbooba tweeted.
She was reacting to filing of petition bef🔯ore the apex court against the grant of 🐻remission to 11 persons convicted of raping Bilkis Bano during 2002 Gujarat riots.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to consider listing a plea challengi꧅ng the grant of remission by the Gujarat 🐈government to 11 life convicts in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case.
The remission and consequent release of 11 convicts on August 15 this year from Godhra sub-jail under the Gujarat governmen🌱t’s remission policy has sparked a debate on the i🔴ssue of such relief in heinous cases.
These convicts had served more than 15 years iꦯn jail after which one of them approached the Supreme Court with a plea for his premature release.
The apex court had directed the Gujarat government to look into the issue of remission ♌of his sentence as per its 1992 policy on the ꧙basis of the date of his conviction.
Thereafter, the Gujarat government formed a com🤡mittee and issued an order allowing premature releaꦜse of all the convicts from jail.
(with inputs from PTI)
