Calling the February 27, 2002 Godhra train burning incident a “rarest of rare case”, the Gujarat government on Monday told the Supreme Court that it will press for death penalty for the 11 convicts whose sentence was commuted to life imprisonment by the High Court.
Fifty-nine people were burnt to death when S6 compartment of Sabarmati Express train was set on fire by a mob.
“It is consistent that the bogey was locked from outside. The 59 people who died included ladies and children…. This is a rarest of rare case…. We will be seriously pressing for award of death penalty to the convicts whose death penalties were commuted into life imprisonment,” Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the State,
