Bilkis Bano Case: SC Strikes Down Gujarat Govt’s Remission Order, Asks Them to Surrender | News18

Bilkis Bano Case: SC Strikes Down Gujarat Govt’s Remission Order, Asks Them to Surrender | News18 The Supreme Court bench on Jan 08 pronounced the judgment on a petition challenging the early release of 11 convicts, sentenced to life imprisonment for raping Bilkis Bano and killing her family members during the 2002 Gujarat riots. The SC slammed the Gujarat government for passing remission orders of convicts without application of mind in the rape case of Bilkis Bano. The bench ordered the 11 convicts to surrender back to the concerned jail authorities in Gujarat within two weeks. #bilkisbano #englishnews #news18 n18oc_india