Of the 23 persons convicted in the case, the court has given life imprisonment to 18, while five others have been awarded seven years of rigorous imprisonment. Twenty-three people of minority community were killed in Ode on Mar 1, 2002, mainly women and children. Special prosecutor P N Parmar had sought death penalty for the convicts, arguing that this should be considered the rarest of the rare incident. All the 23 persons, who belong to a community of Patels from Charotar, had been held guilty of conspiracy, rioting and unlawful assembly besides other charges. One person – Atul Patel – has not been convicted for these two charges. However in the Godhra carnage case, wherein same sections were applied, a special SIT court awarded hanging to 11 persons who were found guilty of conspiracy. Those 20 who were not found involved in criminal conspiracy were given life imprisonment.
Gujarat’s Ode Massacre: 18 Get Life Imprisonment, 5 Jailed For 7 Years
Of the 23 persons convicted in the case, the court has given life imprisonment to 18, while five others have been awarded seven years of rigorous imprisonment. Twenty-three people of minority community were killed in Ode on Mar 1, 2002,
