Bilkis Bano case: Remission quashed, what now for the convicts?
The Supreme Court has ordered the convicts in the 2002 Bilkis Bano gangrape case back to prison. On what grounds? What legal option do these 11 men, who walked free in August 2022, have now? The Supreme Court on Monday struck down the remission granted by the Gujarat government to 11 convicts, who are out of jail, in the Bilkis Bano case. (Express file photo by Anil Sharma) The Supreme Court on Monday struck down the remission granted by the Gujarat government to 11 convicts who were serving life imprisonment for the gangrape of Bilkis Bano during the communal riots in Gujarat in 2002. whiz fayisal code Open Link Refresh Post