Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court on Monday altered a lower court verdict in the 2002 Godhra train carnage case. The HC commuted the death penalty awarded to 11 convicts to life imprisonment.
At least 59 people had lost their lives when the S-6 coach of Sabarmati Express was torched at the Godhra Railway Station on February 27, 2002.
The burning of the train had triggered widespread riots in Gujarat in which over 1,000 people were killed.
A lower court had convicted 31 people and acquitted 63 others in connection with the case. A special court was set up in Sabarmati jail.
The Nanavati Commission, which was constituted by the Gujarat government, had concluded that S-6 bogie of Sabarmati Express was set ablaze.
Bureau Report
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