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Release of convicts has shaken my faith in justice: Bilkis Bano

IndiaTimes Wednesday, 17 August 2022
On August 15, all the 11 convicts sentenced to life imprisonment in the 2002 case of Bilkis Bano's gang rape and murder of her seven family members during the riots walked out of the Godhra sub-jail after the BJP government in Gujarat allowed their release under its remission policy.
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News video: Bilkis Bano case: Victim demands her life back after release of her rapists | Oneindia news *News

Bilkis Bano case: Victim demands her life back after release of her rapists | Oneindia news *News 03:08

Bilkis Bano was very young when she saw seven members of her family brutally murdered including her daughter who was just a toddler. The victim who was five-months pregnant at that time was then gangraped by 11 men. Her rapists were released on Independence Day and in a recent and the first statement...

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The Supreme Court has said that it will constitute a special bench to hear a plea challenging the pre-mature release of 11 convicts who had gang-raped Bilkis Bano and murdered her family members during the 2002 Godhra riots. A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and justice PS Narasimha assured Bilkis Bano, who was being represented through her lawyer Shobha Gupta, that the new bench will be formed. #Bilkisbano #Supremecourt #Bilkisbanospecialbench

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