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More than a decade after 23 people, mostly women and children, were killed when a mob set ablaze a shelter for Muslims huddled together for safety in Ode during the post-Godhra riots, a Gujarat court on Monday found 23 of the suspects guilty of murder and conspiracy. The Supreme Court-appointed special investigation team (SIT) has sought the death sentence for those convicted of murder.&amp;nbsp;
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The special court in Anand will decide the punishment on Thursday. Of the 23 convicted, designated judge Poonam Singh held 18 guilty of murder, while four others were convicted of attempt to murder and one for rioting. All of them were found guilty of conspiracy, unlawful assembly and rioting.&amp;nbsp;
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The court acquitted 23 others named as accused in the violence in the small town of Anand district. In all, 49 were accused in the massacre, of which one died during the trial. Two of the accused are absconding and have allegedly fled the country. A red corner notice has been issued against one of them. Of the 158 witnesses who testified in the trial, 35 turned hostile.&amp;nbsp;
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The Ode massacre was one of nine sensitive 2002 riot cases the Supreme Court ordered the SIT to probe. A mob of nearly 1,500 people attacked a house in Ode&#039;s Pirawali Bhagol area in which panicky Muslims had taken shelter on March 1, 2002, burning alive 23 people -- nine children, nine woman and five men.&amp;nbsp;
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The next day, the mob attacked and killed a senior citizen, Ghulam Rasool Saiyed. Fifteen men, who were already named in the first case, were also named in the second attack. Charges were dropped against the 15 on Monday in the Saiyed murder case due to lack of evidence. Saiyed&#039;s own children - son Asrar and daughter Farida - turned hostile in the case.&amp;nbsp;
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The Ode massacre is the third case in the last 10 years, where a special court has pronounced verdict after an SIT probe. The first came in the Sabarmati Express carnage at Godhra, which triggered the riots after 59 people, mainly kar sevaks, were killed. Of the 31 people found guilty, 11 have been given the death sentence and 20 are serving life imprisonment terms.&amp;nbsp;
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In the other case - the Sardarpura massacre in north Gujarat - the court has sentenced 31 people to life imprisonment and acquitted 42 others. Thirty-three people were killed in Sardarpura.&amp;nbsp;
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The Gujarat high court is still grappling with a related issue in the Ode case. The police had filed just one FIR in two separate incidents - the killing of 23 people on March 1, 2002 and the murder of Ghulam Rasool Saiyed the next day. The cops, however, filed two separate chargesheets in the two cases, flummoxing legal experts. Witnesses say this is against the law and have approached the high court.&amp;nbsp;
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March 1, 2002: Mob burns down a house in Pirawali Bhagol in Ode town, killing 23 people&amp;nbsp;
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March 2, 2002: An elderly man, Ghulam Rasool Saiyed, is burnt alive by a mob at Suriwali Bhagol in the town&amp;nbsp;
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November 21, 2003: SC stays proceedings in nine sensitive 2002 riot cases, including Ode massacre&amp;nbsp;
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April 13, 2008: SC appoints special investigation team (SIT) to probe the riot cases&amp;nbsp;
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November 12, 2009: Special court frames charges against 47 accused&amp;nbsp;
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October 25, 2011: One of the under-trials - Bhurabhai Patel - passes away&amp;nbsp;
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April 9, 2012: 23 found guilty, another 23 are acquitted&amp;nbsp;
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&lt;em&gt;Verdicts so far in key 2002 riot cases&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;
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In October 2002, a sessions court acquitted former BJP MLA Kalu Malivad and eight others in the Kidiad massacre case, in which 72 people were killed. The Gujarat high court ordered a re-investigation and a chargesheet was filed against 23 new accused, but most of the witnesses turned hostile.&amp;nbsp;
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A sessions court in Godhra acquitted 21 people in the Pandarvada massacre case in October 2002. As many as 39 persons were murdered in the massacre. The high court has ordered a fresh investigation.&amp;nbsp;
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In November 2003, a sessions court in Nadiad convicts 15 persons for killing 14 persons in Ghodasar village of Kheda district. Forty-eight were acquitted.&amp;nbsp;
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After the case was transferred outside Gujarat, a Mumbai court in February 2006 convicted nine persons in the Best Bakery massacre of Vadodara. Eight were acquitted. Fourteen people were killed by a mob. Key witness Zaheera Shaikh was convicted for perjury.&amp;nbsp;
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On January 18, 2008, a CBI court in Mumbai sentenced 12 people to life imprisonment for killing 14 people in the Bilkis Bano case of Panchmahal. Seven people were acquitted.&amp;nbsp;
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In February 2011, the SIT court convicted 31 for setting fire to the Sabarmati Express at Godhra, killing 59 people. Eleven people were awarded capital punishment and 20 others life imprisonment.&amp;nbsp;
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Thirty-one people were awarded life imprisonment on November 9, 2011 for the Sardarpura massacre in which 33 Muslims were killed by the SIT court. As many as 42 were acquitted.&amp;nbsp;
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On March 6, 2012, a city sessions court in Ahmedabad acquitted six people in a double murder case, in which a mother and son were burnt alive in Rakhial area.&amp;nbsp;
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&lt;em&gt;Those convicted of murder in Ode massacre&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;
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All of them were found guilty of conspiracy, unlawful assembly and rioting.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;The court acquitted 23 others named as accused in the violence in the small town of Anand district. In all, 49 were accused in the massacre, of which one died during the trial. Two of the accused are absconding and have allegedly fled the country. A red corner notice has been issued against one of them. Of the 158 witnesses who testified in the trial, 35 turned hostile.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;The Ode massacre was one of nine sensitive 2002 riot cases the Supreme Court ordered the SIT to probe. A mob of nearly 1,500 people attacked a house in Ode&#039;s Pirawali Bhagol area in which panicky Muslims had taken shelter on March 1, 2002, burning alive 23 people -- nine children, nine woman and five men.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;The next day, the mob attacked and killed a senior citizen, Ghulam Rasool Saiyed. Fifteen men, who were already named in the first case, were also named in the second attack. Charges were dropped against the 15 on Monday in the Saiyed murder case due to lack of evidence. Saiyed&#039;s own children - son Asrar and daughter Farida - turned hostile in the case.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;The Ode massacre is the third case in the last 10 years, where a special court has pronounced verdict after an SIT probe. The first came in the Sabarmati Express carnage at Godhra, which triggered the riots after 59 people, mainly kar sevaks, were killed. Of the 31 people found guilty, 11 have been given the death sentence and 20 are serving life imprisonment terms.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;In the other case - the Sardarpura massacre in north Gujarat - the court has sentenced 31 people to life imprisonment and acquitted 42 others. Thirty-three people were killed in Sardarpura.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;The Gujarat high court is still grappling with a related issue in the Ode case. The police had filed just one FIR in two separate incidents - the killing of 23 people on March 1, 2002 and the murder of Ghulam Rasool Saiyed the next day. The cops, however, filed two separate chargesheets in the two cases, flummoxing legal experts. Witnesses say this is against the law and have approached the high court.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Timeline&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;March 1, 2002: Mob burns down a house in Pirawali Bhagol in Ode town, killing 23 people&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;March 2, 2002: An elderly man, Ghulam Rasool Saiyed, is burnt alive by a mob at Suriwali Bhagol in the town&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;November 21, 2003: SC stays proceedings in nine sensitive 2002 riot cases, including Ode massacre&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;April 13, 2008: SC appoints special investigation team (SIT) to probe the riot cases&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;November 12, 2009: Special court frames charges against 47 accused&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;October 25, 2011: One of the under-trials - Bhurabhai Patel - passes away&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;April 9, 2012: 23 found guilty, another 23 are acquitted&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Verdicts so far in key 2002 riot cases&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;In October 2002, a sessions court acquitted former BJP MLA Kalu Malivad and eight others in the Kidiad massacre case, in which 72 people were killed. The Gujarat high court ordered a re-investigation and a chargesheet was filed against 23 new accused, but most of the witnesses turned hostile.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;A sessions court in Godhra acquitted 21 people in the Pandarvada massacre case in October 2002. As many as 39 persons were murdered in the massacre. The high court has ordered a fresh investigation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;In November 2003, a sessions court in Nadiad convicts 15 persons for killing 14 persons in Ghodasar village of Kheda district. 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More than a decade after 23 people, mostly women and children, were killed when a mob set ablaze a shelter for Muslims huddled together for safety in Ode during the post-Godhra riots, a Gujarat court on Monday found 23 of the suspects guilty of murder and conspiracy. The Supreme Court-appointed special investigation team (SIT) has sought the death sentence for those convicted of murder.&amp;nbsp;
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The special court in Anand will decide the punishment on Thursday. Of the 23 convicted, designated judge Poonam Singh held 18 guilty of murder, while four others were convicted of attempt to murder and one for rioting. All of them were found guilty of conspiracy, unlawful assembly and rioting.&amp;nbsp;
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The court acquitted 23 others named as accused in the violence in the small town of Anand district. In all, 49 were accused in the massacre, of which one died during the trial. Two of the accused are absconding and have allegedly fled the country. A red corner notice has been issued against one of them. Of the 158 witnesses who testified in the trial, 35 turned hostile.&amp;nbsp;
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The Ode massacre was one of nine sensitive 2002 riot cases the Supreme Court ordered the SIT to probe. A mob of nearly 1,500 people attacked a house in Ode&#039;s Pirawali Bhagol area in which panicky Muslims had taken shelter on March 1, 2002, burning alive 23 people -- nine children, nine woman and five men.&amp;nbsp;
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The next day, the mob attacked and killed a senior citizen, Ghulam Rasool Saiyed. Fifteen men, who were already named in the first case, were also named in the second attack. Charges were dropped against the 15 on Monday in the Saiyed murder case due to lack of evidence. Saiyed&#039;s own children - son Asrar and daughter Farida - turned hostile in the case.&amp;nbsp;
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The Ode massacre is the third case in the last 10 years, where a special court has pronounced verdict after an SIT probe. The first came in the Sabarmati Express carnage at Godhra, which triggered the riots after 59 people, mainly kar sevaks, were killed. Of the 31 people found guilty, 11 have been given the death sentence and 20 are serving life imprisonment terms.&amp;nbsp;
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In the other case - the Sardarpura massacre in north Gujarat - the court has sentenced 31 people to life imprisonment and acquitted 42 others. Thirty-three people were killed in Sardarpura.&amp;nbsp;
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The Gujarat high court is still grappling with a related issue in the Ode case. The police had filed just one FIR in two separate incidents - the killing of 23 people on March 1, 2002 and the murder of Ghulam Rasool Saiyed the next day. The cops, however, filed two separate chargesheets in the two cases, flummoxing legal experts. Witnesses say this is against the law and have approached the high court.&amp;nbsp;
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March 1, 2002: Mob burns down a house in Pirawali Bhagol in Ode town, killing 23 people&amp;nbsp;
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March 2, 2002: An elderly man, Ghulam Rasool Saiyed, is burnt alive by a mob at Suriwali Bhagol in the town&amp;nbsp;
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November 21, 2003: SC stays proceedings in nine sensitive 2002 riot cases, including Ode massacre&amp;nbsp;
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April 13, 2008: SC appoints special investigation team (SIT) to probe the riot cases&amp;nbsp;
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November 12, 2009: Special court frames charges against 47 accused&amp;nbsp;
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October 25, 2011: One of the under-trials - Bhurabhai Patel - passes away&amp;nbsp;
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April 9, 2012: 23 found guilty, another 23 are acquitted&amp;nbsp;
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In October 2002, a sessions court acquitted former BJP MLA Kalu Malivad and eight others in the Kidiad massacre case, in which 72 people were killed. The Gujarat high court ordered a re-investigation and a chargesheet was filed against 23 new accused, but most of the witnesses turned hostile.&amp;nbsp;
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A sessions court in Godhra acquitted 21 people in the Pandarvada massacre case in October 2002. As many as 39 persons were murdered in the massacre. The high court has ordered a fresh investigation.&amp;nbsp;
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In November 2003, a sessions court in Nadiad convicts 15 persons for killing 14 persons in Ghodasar village of Kheda district. Forty-eight were acquitted.&amp;nbsp;
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After the case was transferred outside Gujarat, a Mumbai court in February 2006 convicted nine persons in the Best Bakery massacre of Vadodara. Eight were acquitted. Fourteen people were killed by a mob. Key witness Zaheera Shaikh was convicted for perjury.&amp;nbsp;
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On January 18, 2008, a CBI court in Mumbai sentenced 12 people to life imprisonment for killing 14 people in the Bilkis Bano case of Panchmahal. Seven people were acquitted.&amp;nbsp;
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In February 2011, the SIT court convicted 31 for setting fire to the Sabarmati Express at Godhra, killing 59 people. Eleven people were awarded capital punishment and 20 others life imprisonment.&amp;nbsp;
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Thirty-one people were awarded life imprisonment on November 9, 2011 for the Sardarpura massacre in which 33 Muslims were killed by the SIT court. As many as 42 were acquitted.&amp;nbsp;
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On March 6, 2012, a city sessions court in Ahmedabad acquitted six people in a double murder case, in which a mother and son were burnt alive in Rakhial area.&amp;nbsp;
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Harish Vallabh&amp;nbsp;
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All of them were found guilty of conspiracy, unlawful assembly and rioting.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;The court acquitted 23 others named as accused in the violence in the small town of Anand district. In all, 49 were accused in the massacre, of which one died during the trial. Two of the accused are absconding and have allegedly fled the country. A red corner notice has been issued against one of them. Of the 158 witnesses who testified in the trial, 35 turned hostile.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;The Ode massacre was one of nine sensitive 2002 riot cases the Supreme Court ordered the SIT to probe. A mob of nearly 1,500 people attacked a house in Ode&#039;s Pirawali Bhagol area in which panicky Muslims had taken shelter on March 1, 2002, burning alive 23 people -- nine children, nine woman and five men.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;The next day, the mob attacked and killed a senior citizen, Ghulam Rasool Saiyed. Fifteen men, who were already named in the first case, were also named in the second attack. Charges were dropped against the 15 on Monday in the Saiyed murder case due to lack of evidence. Saiyed&#039;s own children - son Asrar and daughter Farida - turned hostile in the case.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;The Ode massacre is the third case in the last 10 years, where a special court has pronounced verdict after an SIT probe. The first came in the Sabarmati Express carnage at Godhra, which triggered the riots after 59 people, mainly kar sevaks, were killed. Of the 31 people found guilty, 11 have been given the death sentence and 20 are serving life imprisonment terms.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;In the other case - the Sardarpura massacre in north Gujarat - the court has sentenced 31 people to life imprisonment and acquitted 42 others. Thirty-three people were killed in Sardarpura.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;The Gujarat high court is still grappling with a related issue in the Ode case. The police had filed just one FIR in two separate incidents - the killing of 23 people on March 1, 2002 and the murder of Ghulam Rasool Saiyed the next day. The cops, however, filed two separate chargesheets in the two cases, flummoxing legal experts. Witnesses say this is against the law and have approached the high court.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Timeline&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;March 1, 2002: Mob burns down a house in Pirawali Bhagol in Ode town, killing 23 people&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;March 2, 2002: An elderly man, Ghulam Rasool Saiyed, is burnt alive by a mob at Suriwali Bhagol in the town&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;November 21, 2003: SC stays proceedings in nine sensitive 2002 riot cases, including Ode massacre&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;April 13, 2008: SC appoints special investigation team (SIT) to probe the riot cases&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;November 12, 2009: Special court frames charges against 47 accused&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;October 25, 2011: One of the under-trials - Bhurabhai Patel - passes away&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;April 9, 2012: 23 found guilty, another 23 are acquitted&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Verdicts so far in key 2002 riot cases&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;In October 2002, a sessions court acquitted former BJP MLA Kalu Malivad and eight others in the Kidiad massacre case, in which 72 people were killed. 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All of them were found guilty of conspiracy, unlawful assembly and rioting.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The court acquitted 23 others named as accused in the violence in the small town of Anand district. In all, 49 were accused in the massacre, of which one died during the trial. Two of the accused are absconding and have allegedly fled the country. A red corner notice has been issued against one of them. Of the 158 witnesses who testified in the trial, 35 turned hostile.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The Ode massacre was one of nine sensitive 2002 riot cases the Supreme Court ordered the SIT to probe. A mob of nearly 1,500 people attacked a house in Ode's Pirawali Bhagol area in which panicky Muslims had taken shelter on March 1, 2002, burning alive 23 people -- nine children, nine woman and five men.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The next day, the mob attacked and killed a senior citizen, Ghulam Rasool Saiyed. Fifteen men, who were already named in the first case, were also named in the second attack. Charges were dropped against the 15 on Monday in the Saiyed murder case due to lack of evidence. Saiyed's own children - son Asrar and daughter Farida - turned hostile in the case.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The Ode massacre is the third case in the last 10 years, where a special court has pronounced verdict after an SIT probe. The first came in the Sabarmati Express carnage at Godhra, which triggered the riots after 59 people, mainly kar sevaks, were killed. Of the 31 people found guilty, 11 have been given the death sentence and 20 are serving life imprisonment terms.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">In the other case - the Sardarpura massacre in north Gujarat - the court has sentenced 31 people to life imprisonment and acquitted 42 others. Thirty-three people were killed in Sardarpura.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The Gujarat high court is still grappling with a related issue in the Ode case. The police had filed just one FIR in two separate incidents - the killing of 23 people on March 1, 2002 and the murder of Ghulam Rasool Saiyed the next day. The cops, however, filed two separate chargesheets in the two cases, flummoxing legal experts. Witnesses say this is against the law and have approached the high court.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify"><em>Timeline&nbsp;</em></div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">March 1, 2002: Mob burns down a house in Pirawali Bhagol in Ode town, killing 23 people&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">March 2, 2002: An elderly man, Ghulam Rasool Saiyed, is burnt alive by a mob at Suriwali Bhagol in the town&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">November 21, 2003: SC stays proceedings in nine sensitive 2002 riot cases, including Ode massacre&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">April 13, 2008: SC appoints special investigation team (SIT) to probe the riot cases&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">November 12, 2009: Special court frames charges against 47 accused&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">October 25, 2011: One of the under-trials - Bhurabhai Patel - passes away&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">April 9, 2012: 23 found guilty, another 23 are acquitted&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify"><em>Verdicts so far in key 2002 riot cases&nbsp;</em></div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">In October 2002, a sessions court acquitted former BJP MLA Kalu Malivad and eight others in the Kidiad massacre case, in which 72 people were killed. The Gujarat high court ordered a re-investigation and a chargesheet was filed against 23 new accused, but most of the witnesses turned hostile.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">A sessions court in Godhra acquitted 21 people in the Pandarvada massacre case in October 2002. As many as 39 persons were murdered in the massacre. The high court has ordered a fresh investigation.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">In November 2003, a sessions court in Nadiad convicts 15 persons for killing 14 persons in Ghodasar village of Kheda district. Forty-eight were acquitted.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">After the case was transferred outside Gujarat, a Mumbai court in February 2006 convicted nine persons in the Best Bakery massacre of Vadodara. Eight were acquitted. Fourteen people were killed by a mob. Key witness Zaheera Shaikh was convicted for perjury.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">On January 18, 2008, a CBI court in Mumbai sentenced 12 people to life imprisonment for killing 14 people in the Bilkis Bano case of Panchmahal. Seven people were acquitted.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">In February 2011, the SIT court convicted 31 for setting fire to the Sabarmati Express at Godhra, killing 59 people. Eleven people were awarded capital punishment and 20 others life imprisonment.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Thirty-one people were awarded life imprisonment on November 9, 2011 for the Sardarpura massacre in which 33 Muslims were killed by the SIT court. 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More than a decade after 23 people, mostly women and children, were killed when a mob set ablaze a shelter for Muslims huddled together for safety in Ode during the post-Godhra riots, a Gujarat court on Monday found 23 of the suspects guilty of murder and conspiracy. The Supreme Court-appointed special investigation team (SIT) has sought the death sentence for those convicted of murder.&amp;nbsp;
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The special court in Anand will decide the punishment on Thursday. Of the 23 convicted, designated judge Poonam Singh held 18 guilty of murder, while four others were convicted of attempt to murder and one for rioting. All of them were found guilty of conspiracy, unlawful assembly and rioting.&amp;nbsp;
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The court acquitted 23 others named as accused in the violence in the small town of Anand district. In all, 49 were accused in the massacre, of which one died during the trial. Two of the accused are absconding and have allegedly fled the country. A red corner notice has been issued against one of them. Of the 158 witnesses who testified in the trial, 35 turned hostile.&amp;nbsp;
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The Ode massacre was one of nine sensitive 2002 riot cases the Supreme Court ordered the SIT to probe. A mob of nearly 1,500 people attacked a house in Ode&#039;s Pirawali Bhagol area in which panicky Muslims had taken shelter on March 1, 2002, burning alive 23 people -- nine children, nine woman and five men.&amp;nbsp;
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The next day, the mob attacked and killed a senior citizen, Ghulam Rasool Saiyed. Fifteen men, who were already named in the first case, were also named in the second attack. Charges were dropped against the 15 on Monday in the Saiyed murder case due to lack of evidence. Saiyed&#039;s own children - son Asrar and daughter Farida - turned hostile in the case.&amp;nbsp;
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The Ode massacre is the third case in the last 10 years, where a special court has pronounced verdict after an SIT probe. The first came in the Sabarmati Express carnage at Godhra, which triggered the riots after 59 people, mainly kar sevaks, were killed. Of the 31 people found guilty, 11 have been given the death sentence and 20 are serving life imprisonment terms.&amp;nbsp;
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In the other case - the Sardarpura massacre in north Gujarat - the court has sentenced 31 people to life imprisonment and acquitted 42 others. Thirty-three people were killed in Sardarpura.&amp;nbsp;
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The Gujarat high court is still grappling with a related issue in the Ode case. The police had filed just one FIR in two separate incidents - the killing of 23 people on March 1, 2002 and the murder of Ghulam Rasool Saiyed the next day. The cops, however, filed two separate chargesheets in the two cases, flummoxing legal experts. Witnesses say this is against the law and have approached the high court.&amp;nbsp;
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March 1, 2002: Mob burns down a house in Pirawali Bhagol in Ode town, killing 23 people&amp;nbsp;
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March 2, 2002: An elderly man, Ghulam Rasool Saiyed, is burnt alive by a mob at Suriwali Bhagol in the town&amp;nbsp;
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November 21, 2003: SC stays proceedings in nine sensitive 2002 riot cases, including Ode massacre&amp;nbsp;
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April 13, 2008: SC appoints special investigation team (SIT) to probe the riot cases&amp;nbsp;
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April 9, 2012: 23 found guilty, another 23 are acquitted&amp;nbsp;
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In October 2002, a sessions court acquitted former BJP MLA Kalu Malivad and eight others in the Kidiad massacre case, in which 72 people were killed. The Gujarat high court ordered a re-investigation and a chargesheet was filed against 23 new accused, but most of the witnesses turned hostile.&amp;nbsp;
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A sessions court in Godhra acquitted 21 people in the Pandarvada massacre case in October 2002. As many as 39 persons were murdered in the massacre. The high court has ordered a fresh investigation.&amp;nbsp;
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In November 2003, a sessions court in Nadiad convicts 15 persons for killing 14 persons in Ghodasar village of Kheda district. Forty-eight were acquitted.&amp;nbsp;
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After the case was transferred outside Gujarat, a Mumbai court in February 2006 convicted nine persons in the Best Bakery massacre of Vadodara. Eight were acquitted. Fourteen people were killed by a mob. Key witness Zaheera Shaikh was convicted for perjury.&amp;nbsp;
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On January 18, 2008, a CBI court in Mumbai sentenced 12 people to life imprisonment for killing 14 people in the Bilkis Bano case of Panchmahal. Seven people were acquitted.&amp;nbsp;
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In February 2011, the SIT court convicted 31 for setting fire to the Sabarmati Express at Godhra, killing 59 people. Eleven people were awarded capital punishment and 20 others life imprisonment.&amp;nbsp;
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Thirty-one people were awarded life imprisonment on November 9, 2011 for the Sardarpura massacre in which 33 Muslims were killed by the SIT court. As many as 42 were acquitted.&amp;nbsp;
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Natu Mangal&amp;nbsp;
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More than a decade after 23 people, mostly women and children, were killed when a mob set ablaze a shelter for Muslims huddled together for safety in Ode during the post-Godhra riots, a Gujarat court on Monday...&#039;,
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All of them were found guilty of conspiracy, unlawful assembly and rioting.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;The court acquitted 23 others named as accused in the violence in the small town of Anand district. In all, 49 were accused in the massacre, of which one died during the trial. Two of the accused are absconding and have allegedly fled the country. A red corner notice has been issued against one of them. Of the 158 witnesses who testified in the trial, 35 turned hostile.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;The Ode massacre was one of nine sensitive 2002 riot cases the Supreme Court ordered the SIT to probe. A mob of nearly 1,500 people attacked a house in Ode&#039;s Pirawali Bhagol area in which panicky Muslims had taken shelter on March 1, 2002, burning alive 23 people -- nine children, nine woman and five men.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;The next day, the mob attacked and killed a senior citizen, Ghulam Rasool Saiyed. Fifteen men, who were already named in the first case, were also named in the second attack. Charges were dropped against the 15 on Monday in the Saiyed murder case due to lack of evidence. Saiyed&#039;s own children - son Asrar and daughter Farida - turned hostile in the case.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;The Ode massacre is the third case in the last 10 years, where a special court has pronounced verdict after an SIT probe. The first came in the Sabarmati Express carnage at Godhra, which triggered the riots after 59 people, mainly kar sevaks, were killed. Of the 31 people found guilty, 11 have been given the death sentence and 20 are serving life imprisonment terms.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;In the other case - the Sardarpura massacre in north Gujarat - the court has sentenced 31 people to life imprisonment and acquitted 42 others. Thirty-three people were killed in Sardarpura.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;The Gujarat high court is still grappling with a related issue in the Ode case. The police had filed just one FIR in two separate incidents - the killing of 23 people on March 1, 2002 and the murder of Ghulam Rasool Saiyed the next day. The cops, however, filed two separate chargesheets in the two cases, flummoxing legal experts. Witnesses say this is against the law and have approached the high court.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Timeline&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;March 1, 2002: Mob burns down a house in Pirawali Bhagol in Ode town, killing 23 people&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;March 2, 2002: An elderly man, Ghulam Rasool Saiyed, is burnt alive by a mob at Suriwali Bhagol in the town&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;November 21, 2003: SC stays proceedings in nine sensitive 2002 riot cases, including Ode massacre&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;April 13, 2008: SC appoints special investigation team (SIT) to probe the riot cases&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;November 12, 2009: Special court frames charges against 47 accused&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;October 25, 2011: One of the under-trials - Bhurabhai Patel - passes away&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;April 9, 2012: 23 found guilty, another 23 are acquitted&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Verdicts so far in key 2002 riot cases&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;In October 2002, a sessions court acquitted former BJP MLA Kalu Malivad and eight others in the Kidiad massacre case, in which 72 people were killed. 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More than a decade after 23 people, mostly women and children, were killed when a mob set ablaze a shelter for Muslims huddled together for safety in Ode during the post-Godhra riots, a Gujarat court on Monday found 23 of the suspects guilty of murder and conspiracy. The Supreme Court-appointed special investigation team (SIT) has sought the death sentence for those convicted of murder.&amp;nbsp;
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The special court in Anand will decide the punishment on Thursday. Of the 23 convicted, designated judge Poonam Singh held 18 guilty of murder, while four others were convicted of attempt to murder and one for rioting. All of them were found guilty of conspiracy, unlawful assembly and rioting.&amp;nbsp;
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The court acquitted 23 others named as accused in the violence in the small town of Anand district. In all, 49 were accused in the massacre, of which one died during the trial. Two of the accused are absconding and have allegedly fled the country. A red corner notice has been issued against one of them. Of the 158 witnesses who testified in the trial, 35 turned hostile.&amp;nbsp;
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The Ode massacre was one of nine sensitive 2002 riot cases the Supreme Court ordered the SIT to probe. A mob of nearly 1,500 people attacked a house in Ode&#039;s Pirawali Bhagol area in which panicky Muslims had taken shelter on March 1, 2002, burning alive 23 people -- nine children, nine woman and five men.&amp;nbsp;
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The next day, the mob attacked and killed a senior citizen, Ghulam Rasool Saiyed. Fifteen men, who were already named in the first case, were also named in the second attack. Charges were dropped against the 15 on Monday in the Saiyed murder case due to lack of evidence. Saiyed&#039;s own children - son Asrar and daughter Farida - turned hostile in the case.&amp;nbsp;
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The Ode massacre is the third case in the last 10 years, where a special court has pronounced verdict after an SIT probe. The first came in the Sabarmati Express carnage at Godhra, which triggered the riots after 59 people, mainly kar sevaks, were killed. Of the 31 people found guilty, 11 have been given the death sentence and 20 are serving life imprisonment terms.&amp;nbsp;
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In the other case - the Sardarpura massacre in north Gujarat - the court has sentenced 31 people to life imprisonment and acquitted 42 others. Thirty-three people were killed in Sardarpura.&amp;nbsp;
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The Gujarat high court is still grappling with a related issue in the Ode case. The police had filed just one FIR in two separate incidents - the killing of 23 people on March 1, 2002 and the murder of Ghulam Rasool Saiyed the next day. The cops, however, filed two separate chargesheets in the two cases, flummoxing legal experts. Witnesses say this is against the law and have approached the high court.&amp;nbsp;
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March 1, 2002: Mob burns down a house in Pirawali Bhagol in Ode town, killing 23 people&amp;nbsp;
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March 2, 2002: An elderly man, Ghulam Rasool Saiyed, is burnt alive by a mob at Suriwali Bhagol in the town&amp;nbsp;
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November 21, 2003: SC stays proceedings in nine sensitive 2002 riot cases, including Ode massacre&amp;nbsp;
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April 13, 2008: SC appoints special investigation team (SIT) to probe the riot cases&amp;nbsp;
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November 12, 2009: Special court frames charges against 47 accused&amp;nbsp;
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October 25, 2011: One of the under-trials - Bhurabhai Patel - passes away&amp;nbsp;
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April 9, 2012: 23 found guilty, another 23 are acquitted&amp;nbsp;
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In October 2002, a sessions court acquitted former BJP MLA Kalu Malivad and eight others in the Kidiad massacre case, in which 72 people were killed. The Gujarat high court ordered a re-investigation and a chargesheet was filed against 23 new accused, but most of the witnesses turned hostile.&amp;nbsp;
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A sessions court in Godhra acquitted 21 people in the Pandarvada massacre case in October 2002. As many as 39 persons were murdered in the massacre. The high court has ordered a fresh investigation.&amp;nbsp;
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In November 2003, a sessions court in Nadiad convicts 15 persons for killing 14 persons in Ghodasar village of Kheda district. Forty-eight were acquitted.&amp;nbsp;
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After the case was transferred outside Gujarat, a Mumbai court in February 2006 convicted nine persons in the Best Bakery massacre of Vadodara. Eight were acquitted. Fourteen people were killed by a mob. Key witness Zaheera Shaikh was convicted for perjury.&amp;nbsp;
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On January 18, 2008, a CBI court in Mumbai sentenced 12 people to life imprisonment for killing 14 people in the Bilkis Bano case of Panchmahal. Seven people were acquitted.&amp;nbsp;
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In February 2011, the SIT court convicted 31 for setting fire to the Sabarmati Express at Godhra, killing 59 people. Eleven people were awarded capital punishment and 20 others life imprisonment.&amp;nbsp;
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Thirty-one people were awarded life imprisonment on November 9, 2011 for the Sardarpura massacre in which 33 Muslims were killed by the SIT court. As many as 42 were acquitted.&amp;nbsp;
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On March 6, 2012, a city sessions court in Ahmedabad acquitted six people in a double murder case, in which a mother and son were burnt alive in Rakhial area.&amp;nbsp;
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Vijay Ravji&amp;nbsp;
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Dilip Vinu&amp;nbsp;
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Arvind Ravji&amp;nbsp;
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Dharmesh Natu&amp;nbsp;
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Vinu Shana&amp;nbsp;
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Natu Mangal&amp;nbsp;
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Pravin Mangal&amp;nbsp;
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Devang Harshad&amp;nbsp;
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Girish Soma&amp;nbsp;
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More than a decade after 23 people, mostly women and children, were killed when a mob set ablaze a shelter for Muslims huddled together for safety in Ode during the post-Godhra riots, a Gujarat court on Monday...&#039;
$disp = &#039;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;-The Times of India&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;More than a decade after 23 people, mostly women and children, were killed when a mob set ablaze a shelter for Muslims huddled together for safety in Ode during the post-Godhra riots, a Gujarat court on Monday found 23 of the suspects guilty of murder and conspiracy. The Supreme Court-appointed special investigation team (SIT) has sought the death sentence for those convicted of murder.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;The special court in Anand will decide the punishment on Thursday. Of the 23 convicted, designated judge Poonam Singh held 18 guilty of murder, while four others were convicted of attempt to murder and one for rioting. All of them were found guilty of conspiracy, unlawful assembly and rioting.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;The court acquitted 23 others named as accused in the violence in the small town of Anand district. In all, 49 were accused in the massacre, of which one died during the trial. Two of the accused are absconding and have allegedly fled the country. A red corner notice has been issued against one of them. Of the 158 witnesses who testified in the trial, 35 turned hostile.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;The Ode massacre was one of nine sensitive 2002 riot cases the Supreme Court ordered the SIT to probe. A mob of nearly 1,500 people attacked a house in Ode&#039;s Pirawali Bhagol area in which panicky Muslims had taken shelter on March 1, 2002, burning alive 23 people -- nine children, nine woman and five men.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;The next day, the mob attacked and killed a senior citizen, Ghulam Rasool Saiyed. Fifteen men, who were already named in the first case, were also named in the second attack. Charges were dropped against the 15 on Monday in the Saiyed murder case due to lack of evidence. Saiyed&#039;s own children - son Asrar and daughter Farida - turned hostile in the case.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;The Ode massacre is the third case in the last 10 years, where a special court has pronounced verdict after an SIT probe. The first came in the Sabarmati Express carnage at Godhra, which triggered the riots after 59 people, mainly kar sevaks, were killed. Of the 31 people found guilty, 11 have been given the death sentence and 20 are serving life imprisonment terms.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;In the other case - the Sardarpura massacre in north Gujarat - the court has sentenced 31 people to life imprisonment and acquitted 42 others. Thirty-three people were killed in Sardarpura.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;The Gujarat high court is still grappling with a related issue in the Ode case. The police had filed just one FIR in two separate incidents - the killing of 23 people on March 1, 2002 and the murder of Ghulam Rasool Saiyed the next day. The cops, however, filed two separate chargesheets in the two cases, flummoxing legal experts. Witnesses say this is against the law and have approached the high court.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Timeline&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;March 1, 2002: Mob burns down a house in Pirawali Bhagol in Ode town, killing 23 people&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;March 2, 2002: An elderly man, Ghulam Rasool Saiyed, is burnt alive by a mob at Suriwali Bhagol in the town&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;November 21, 2003: SC stays proceedings in nine sensitive 2002 riot cases, including Ode massacre&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;April 13, 2008: SC appoints special investigation team (SIT) to probe the riot cases&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;November 12, 2009: Special court frames charges against 47 accused&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;October 25, 2011: One of the under-trials - Bhurabhai Patel - passes away&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;April 9, 2012: 23 found guilty, another 23 are acquitted&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Verdicts so far in key 2002 riot cases&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;In October 2002, a sessions court acquitted former BJP MLA Kalu Malivad and eight others in the Kidiad massacre case, in which 72 people were killed. The Gujarat high court ordered a re-investigation and a chargesheet was filed against 23 new accused, but most of the witnesses turned hostile.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;A sessions court in Godhra acquitted 21 people in the Pandarvada massacre case in October 2002. As many as 39 persons were murdered in the massacre. The high court has ordered a fresh investigation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;In November 2003, a sessions court in Nadiad convicts 15 persons for killing 14 persons in Ghodasar village of Kheda district. Forty-eight were acquitted.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;After the case was transferred outside Gujarat, a Mumbai court in February 2006 convicted nine persons in the Best Bakery massacre of Vadodara. Eight were acquitted. Fourteen people were killed by a mob. Key witness Zaheera Shaikh was convicted for perjury.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;On January 18, 2008, a CBI court in Mumbai sentenced 12 people to life imprisonment for killing 14 people in the Bilkis Bano case of Panchmahal. 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                <div style="text-align: justify">-The Times of India</div><div style="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify">More than a decade after 23 people, mostly women and children, were killed when a mob set ablaze a shelter for Muslims huddled together for safety in Ode during the post-Godhra riots, a Gujarat court on Monday found 23 of the suspects guilty of murder and conspiracy. The Supreme Court-appointed special investigation team (SIT) has sought the death sentence for those convicted of murder.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The special court in Anand will decide the punishment on Thursday. Of the 23 convicted, designated judge Poonam Singh held 18 guilty of murder, while four others were convicted of attempt to murder and one for rioting. All of them were found guilty of conspiracy, unlawful assembly and rioting.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The court acquitted 23 others named as accused in the violence in the small town of Anand district. In all, 49 were accused in the massacre, of which one died during the trial. Two of the accused are absconding and have allegedly fled the country. A red corner notice has been issued against one of them. Of the 158 witnesses who testified in the trial, 35 turned hostile.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The Ode massacre was one of nine sensitive 2002 riot cases the Supreme Court ordered the SIT to probe. A mob of nearly 1,500 people attacked a house in Ode's Pirawali Bhagol area in which panicky Muslims had taken shelter on March 1, 2002, burning alive 23 people -- nine children, nine woman and five men.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The next day, the mob attacked and killed a senior citizen, Ghulam Rasool Saiyed. Fifteen men, who were already named in the first case, were also named in the second attack. Charges were dropped against the 15 on Monday in the Saiyed murder case due to lack of evidence. Saiyed's own children - son Asrar and daughter Farida - turned hostile in the case.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The Ode massacre is the third case in the last 10 years, where a special court has pronounced verdict after an SIT probe. The first came in the Sabarmati Express carnage at Godhra, which triggered the riots after 59 people, mainly kar sevaks, were killed. Of the 31 people found guilty, 11 have been given the death sentence and 20 are serving life imprisonment terms.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">In the other case - the Sardarpura massacre in north Gujarat - the court has sentenced 31 people to life imprisonment and acquitted 42 others. Thirty-three people were killed in Sardarpura.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The Gujarat high court is still grappling with a related issue in the Ode case. The police had filed just one FIR in two separate incidents - the killing of 23 people on March 1, 2002 and the murder of Ghulam Rasool Saiyed the next day. The cops, however, filed two separate chargesheets in the two cases, flummoxing legal experts. Witnesses say this is against the law and have approached the high court.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify"><em>Timeline&nbsp;</em></div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">March 1, 2002: Mob burns down a house in Pirawali Bhagol in Ode town, killing 23 people&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">March 2, 2002: An elderly man, Ghulam Rasool Saiyed, is burnt alive by a mob at Suriwali Bhagol in the town&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">November 21, 2003: SC stays proceedings in nine sensitive 2002 riot cases, including Ode massacre&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">April 13, 2008: SC appoints special investigation team (SIT) to probe the riot cases&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">November 12, 2009: Special court frames charges against 47 accused&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">October 25, 2011: One of the under-trials - Bhurabhai Patel - passes away&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">April 9, 2012: 23 found guilty, another 23 are acquitted&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify"><em>Verdicts so far in key 2002 riot cases&nbsp;</em></div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">In October 2002, a sessions court acquitted former BJP MLA Kalu Malivad and eight others in the Kidiad massacre case, in which 72 people were killed. The Gujarat high court ordered a re-investigation and a chargesheet was filed against 23 new accused, but most of the witnesses turned hostile.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">A sessions court in Godhra acquitted 21 people in the Pandarvada massacre case in October 2002. As many as 39 persons were murdered in the massacre. The high court has ordered a fresh investigation.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">In November 2003, a sessions court in Nadiad convicts 15 persons for killing 14 persons in Ghodasar village of Kheda district. Forty-eight were acquitted.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">After the case was transferred outside Gujarat, a Mumbai court in February 2006 convicted nine persons in the Best Bakery massacre of Vadodara. Eight were acquitted. Fourteen people were killed by a mob. Key witness Zaheera Shaikh was convicted for perjury.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">On January 18, 2008, a CBI court in Mumbai sentenced 12 people to life imprisonment for killing 14 people in the Bilkis Bano case of Panchmahal. Seven people were acquitted.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">In February 2011, the SIT court convicted 31 for setting fire to the Sabarmati Express at Godhra, killing 59 people. Eleven people were awarded capital punishment and 20 others life imprisonment.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Thirty-one people were awarded life imprisonment on November 9, 2011 for the Sardarpura massacre in which 33 Muslims were killed by the SIT court. 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More than a decade after 23 people, mostly women and children, were killed when a mob set ablaze a shelter for Muslims huddled together for safety in Ode during the post-Godhra riots, a Gujarat court on Monday found 23 of the suspects guilty of murder and conspiracy. The Supreme Court-appointed special investigation team (SIT) has sought the death sentence for those convicted of murder.&amp;nbsp;
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The special court in Anand will decide the punishment on Thursday. Of the 23 convicted, designated judge Poonam Singh held 18 guilty of murder, while four others were convicted of attempt to murder and one for rioting. All of them were found guilty of conspiracy, unlawful assembly and rioting.&amp;nbsp;
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The court acquitted 23 others named as accused in the violence in the small town of Anand district. In all, 49 were accused in the massacre, of which one died during the trial. Two of the accused are absconding and have allegedly fled the country. A red corner notice has been issued against one of them. Of the 158 witnesses who testified in the trial, 35 turned hostile.&amp;nbsp;
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The Ode massacre was one of nine sensitive 2002 riot cases the Supreme Court ordered the SIT to probe. A mob of nearly 1,500 people attacked a house in Ode&#039;s Pirawali Bhagol area in which panicky Muslims had taken shelter on March 1, 2002, burning alive 23 people -- nine children, nine woman and five men.&amp;nbsp;
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The next day, the mob attacked and killed a senior citizen, Ghulam Rasool Saiyed. Fifteen men, who were already named in the first case, were also named in the second attack. Charges were dropped against the 15 on Monday in the Saiyed murder case due to lack of evidence. Saiyed&#039;s own children - son Asrar and daughter Farida - turned hostile in the case.&amp;nbsp;
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The Ode massacre is the third case in the last 10 years, where a special court has pronounced verdict after an SIT probe. The first came in the Sabarmati Express carnage at Godhra, which triggered the riots after 59 people, mainly kar sevaks, were killed. Of the 31 people found guilty, 11 have been given the death sentence and 20 are serving life imprisonment terms.&amp;nbsp;
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In the other case - the Sardarpura massacre in north Gujarat - the court has sentenced 31 people to life imprisonment and acquitted 42 others. Thirty-three people were killed in Sardarpura.&amp;nbsp;
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The Gujarat high court is still grappling with a related issue in the Ode case. The police had filed just one FIR in two separate incidents - the killing of 23 people on March 1, 2002 and the murder of Ghulam Rasool Saiyed the next day. The cops, however, filed two separate chargesheets in the two cases, flummoxing legal experts. Witnesses say this is against the law and have approached the high court.&amp;nbsp;
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March 1, 2002: Mob burns down a house in Pirawali Bhagol in Ode town, killing 23 people&amp;nbsp;
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March 2, 2002: An elderly man, Ghulam Rasool Saiyed, is burnt alive by a mob at Suriwali Bhagol in the town&amp;nbsp;
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November 21, 2003: SC stays proceedings in nine sensitive 2002 riot cases, including Ode massacre&amp;nbsp;
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April 13, 2008: SC appoints special investigation team (SIT) to probe the riot cases&amp;nbsp;
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November 12, 2009: Special court frames charges against 47 accused&amp;nbsp;
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October 25, 2011: One of the under-trials - Bhurabhai Patel - passes away&amp;nbsp;
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April 9, 2012: 23 found guilty, another 23 are acquitted&amp;nbsp;
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&lt;em&gt;Verdicts so far in key 2002 riot cases&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;
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In October 2002, a sessions court acquitted former BJP MLA Kalu Malivad and eight others in the Kidiad massacre case, in which 72 people were killed. The Gujarat high court ordered a re-investigation and a chargesheet was filed against 23 new accused, but most of the witnesses turned hostile.&amp;nbsp;
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A sessions court in Godhra acquitted 21 people in the Pandarvada massacre case in October 2002. As many as 39 persons were murdered in the massacre. The high court has ordered a fresh investigation.&amp;nbsp;
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In November 2003, a sessions court in Nadiad convicts 15 persons for killing 14 persons in Ghodasar village of Kheda district. Forty-eight were acquitted.&amp;nbsp;
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After the case was transferred outside Gujarat, a Mumbai court in February 2006 convicted nine persons in the Best Bakery massacre of Vadodara. Eight were acquitted. Fourteen people were killed by a mob. Key witness Zaheera Shaikh was convicted for perjury.&amp;nbsp;
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On January 18, 2008, a CBI court in Mumbai sentenced 12 people to life imprisonment for killing 14 people in the Bilkis Bano case of Panchmahal. Seven people were acquitted.&amp;nbsp;
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In February 2011, the SIT court convicted 31 for setting fire to the Sabarmati Express at Godhra, killing 59 people. Eleven people were awarded capital punishment and 20 others life imprisonment.&amp;nbsp;
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Thirty-one people were awarded life imprisonment on November 9, 2011 for the Sardarpura massacre in which 33 Muslims were killed by the SIT court. As many as 42 were acquitted.&amp;nbsp;
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On March 6, 2012, a city sessions court in Ahmedabad acquitted six people in a double murder case, in which a mother and son were burnt alive in Rakhial area.&amp;nbsp;
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More than a decade after 23 people, mostly women and children, were killed when a mob set ablaze a shelter for Muslims huddled together for safety in Ode during the post-Godhra riots, a Gujarat court on Monday...&#039;,
	&#039;disp&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;-The Times of India&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;More than a decade after 23 people, mostly women and children, were killed when a mob set ablaze a shelter for Muslims huddled together for safety in Ode during the post-Godhra riots, a Gujarat court on Monday found 23 of the suspects guilty of murder and conspiracy. The Supreme Court-appointed special investigation team (SIT) has sought the death sentence for those convicted of murder.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;The special court in Anand will decide the punishment on Thursday. Of the 23 convicted, designated judge Poonam Singh held 18 guilty of murder, while four others were convicted of attempt to murder and one for rioting. All of them were found guilty of conspiracy, unlawful assembly and rioting.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;The court acquitted 23 others named as accused in the violence in the small town of Anand district. In all, 49 were accused in the massacre, of which one died during the trial. Two of the accused are absconding and have allegedly fled the country. A red corner notice has been issued against one of them. Of the 158 witnesses who testified in the trial, 35 turned hostile.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;The Ode massacre was one of nine sensitive 2002 riot cases the Supreme Court ordered the SIT to probe. A mob of nearly 1,500 people attacked a house in Ode&#039;s Pirawali Bhagol area in which panicky Muslims had taken shelter on March 1, 2002, burning alive 23 people -- nine children, nine woman and five men.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;The next day, the mob attacked and killed a senior citizen, Ghulam Rasool Saiyed. Fifteen men, who were already named in the first case, were also named in the second attack. Charges were dropped against the 15 on Monday in the Saiyed murder case due to lack of evidence. Saiyed&#039;s own children - son Asrar and daughter Farida - turned hostile in the case.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;The Ode massacre is the third case in the last 10 years, where a special court has pronounced verdict after an SIT probe. The first came in the Sabarmati Express carnage at Godhra, which triggered the riots after 59 people, mainly kar sevaks, were killed. Of the 31 people found guilty, 11 have been given the death sentence and 20 are serving life imprisonment terms.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;In the other case - the Sardarpura massacre in north Gujarat - the court has sentenced 31 people to life imprisonment and acquitted 42 others. Thirty-three people were killed in Sardarpura.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;The Gujarat high court is still grappling with a related issue in the Ode case. The police had filed just one FIR in two separate incidents - the killing of 23 people on March 1, 2002 and the murder of Ghulam Rasool Saiyed the next day. The cops, however, filed two separate chargesheets in the two cases, flummoxing legal experts. Witnesses say this is against the law and have approached the high court.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Timeline&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;March 1, 2002: Mob burns down a house in Pirawali Bhagol in Ode town, killing 23 people&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;March 2, 2002: An elderly man, Ghulam Rasool Saiyed, is burnt alive by a mob at Suriwali Bhagol in the town&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;November 21, 2003: SC stays proceedings in nine sensitive 2002 riot cases, including Ode massacre&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;April 13, 2008: SC appoints special investigation team (SIT) to probe the riot cases&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;November 12, 2009: Special court frames charges against 47 accused&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;October 25, 2011: One of the under-trials - Bhurabhai Patel - passes away&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;April 9, 2012: 23 found guilty, another 23 are acquitted&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Verdicts so far in key 2002 riot cases&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;In October 2002, a sessions court acquitted former BJP MLA Kalu Malivad and eight others in the Kidiad massacre case, in which 72 people were killed. The Gujarat high court ordered a re-investigation and a chargesheet was filed against 23 new accused, but most of the witnesses turned hostile.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;A sessions court in Godhra acquitted 21 people in the Pandarvada massacre case in October 2002. As many as 39 persons were murdered in the massacre. The high court has ordered a fresh investigation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;In November 2003, a sessions court in Nadiad convicts 15 persons for killing 14 persons in Ghodasar village of Kheda district. Forty-eight were acquitted.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;After the case was transferred outside Gujarat, a Mumbai court in February 2006 convicted nine persons in the Best Bakery massacre of Vadodara. Eight were acquitted. Fourteen people were killed by a mob. Key witness Zaheera Shaikh was convicted for perjury.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;On January 18, 2008, a CBI court in Mumbai sentenced 12 people to life imprisonment for killing 14 people in the Bilkis Bano case of Panchmahal. 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More than a decade after 23 people, mostly women and children, were killed when a mob set ablaze a shelter for Muslims huddled together for safety in Ode during the post-Godhra riots, a Gujarat court on Monday found 23 of the suspects guilty of murder and conspiracy. The Supreme Court-appointed special investigation team (SIT) has sought the death sentence for those convicted of murder.&amp;nbsp;
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The special court in Anand will decide the punishment on Thursday. Of the 23 convicted, designated judge Poonam Singh held 18 guilty of murder, while four others were convicted of attempt to murder and one for rioting. All of them were found guilty of conspiracy, unlawful assembly and rioting.&amp;nbsp;
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The court acquitted 23 others named as accused in the violence in the small town of Anand district. In all, 49 were accused in the massacre, of which one died during the trial. Two of the accused are absconding and have allegedly fled the country. A red corner notice has been issued against one of them. Of the 158 witnesses who testified in the trial, 35 turned hostile.&amp;nbsp;
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The Ode massacre was one of nine sensitive 2002 riot cases the Supreme Court ordered the SIT to probe. A mob of nearly 1,500 people attacked a house in Ode&#039;s Pirawali Bhagol area in which panicky Muslims had taken shelter on March 1, 2002, burning alive 23 people -- nine children, nine woman and five men.&amp;nbsp;
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The next day, the mob attacked and killed a senior citizen, Ghulam Rasool Saiyed. Fifteen men, who were already named in the first case, were also named in the second attack. Charges were dropped against the 15 on Monday in the Saiyed murder case due to lack of evidence. Saiyed&#039;s own children - son Asrar and daughter Farida - turned hostile in the case.&amp;nbsp;
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The Ode massacre is the third case in the last 10 years, where a special court has pronounced verdict after an SIT probe. The first came in the Sabarmati Express carnage at Godhra, which triggered the riots after 59 people, mainly kar sevaks, were killed. Of the 31 people found guilty, 11 have been given the death sentence and 20 are serving life imprisonment terms.&amp;nbsp;
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In the other case - the Sardarpura massacre in north Gujarat - the court has sentenced 31 people to life imprisonment and acquitted 42 others. Thirty-three people were killed in Sardarpura.&amp;nbsp;
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The Gujarat high court is still grappling with a related issue in the Ode case. The police had filed just one FIR in two separate incidents - the killing of 23 people on March 1, 2002 and the murder of Ghulam Rasool Saiyed the next day. The cops, however, filed two separate chargesheets in the two cases, flummoxing legal experts. Witnesses say this is against the law and have approached the high court.&amp;nbsp;
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March 1, 2002: Mob burns down a house in Pirawali Bhagol in Ode town, killing 23 people&amp;nbsp;
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March 2, 2002: An elderly man, Ghulam Rasool Saiyed, is burnt alive by a mob at Suriwali Bhagol in the town&amp;nbsp;
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November 21, 2003: SC stays proceedings in nine sensitive 2002 riot cases, including Ode massacre&amp;nbsp;
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April 13, 2008: SC appoints special investigation team (SIT) to probe the riot cases&amp;nbsp;
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November 12, 2009: Special court frames charges against 47 accused&amp;nbsp;
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October 25, 2011: One of the under-trials - Bhurabhai Patel - passes away&amp;nbsp;
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April 9, 2012: 23 found guilty, another 23 are acquitted&amp;nbsp;
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In October 2002, a sessions court acquitted former BJP MLA Kalu Malivad and eight others in the Kidiad massacre case, in which 72 people were killed. The Gujarat high court ordered a re-investigation and a chargesheet was filed against 23 new accused, but most of the witnesses turned hostile.&amp;nbsp;
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A sessions court in Godhra acquitted 21 people in the Pandarvada massacre case in October 2002. As many as 39 persons were murdered in the massacre. The high court has ordered a fresh investigation.&amp;nbsp;
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In November 2003, a sessions court in Nadiad convicts 15 persons for killing 14 persons in Ghodasar village of Kheda district. Forty-eight were acquitted.&amp;nbsp;
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After the case was transferred outside Gujarat, a Mumbai court in February 2006 convicted nine persons in the Best Bakery massacre of Vadodara. Eight were acquitted. Fourteen people were killed by a mob. Key witness Zaheera Shaikh was convicted for perjury.&amp;nbsp;
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On January 18, 2008, a CBI court in Mumbai sentenced 12 people to life imprisonment for killing 14 people in the Bilkis Bano case of Panchmahal. Seven people were acquitted.&amp;nbsp;
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In February 2011, the SIT court convicted 31 for setting fire to the Sabarmati Express at Godhra, killing 59 people. Eleven people were awarded capital punishment and 20 others life imprisonment.&amp;nbsp;
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Thirty-one people were awarded life imprisonment on November 9, 2011 for the Sardarpura massacre in which 33 Muslims were killed by the SIT court. As many as 42 were acquitted.&amp;nbsp;
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On March 6, 2012, a city sessions court in Ahmedabad acquitted six people in a double murder case, in which a mother and son were burnt alive in Rakhial area.&amp;nbsp;
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&lt;em&gt;Those convicted of murder in Ode massacre&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;
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Vijay Ravji&amp;nbsp;
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Harish Vallabh&amp;nbsp;
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Jayendra Satabhai&amp;nbsp;
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Arvind Ravji&amp;nbsp;
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Hemant Satabhai alias Gokal&amp;nbsp;
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Sanat Ranchhod&amp;nbsp;
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Dilip Ranchhod&amp;nbsp;
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$disp = &#039;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;-The Times of India&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;More than a decade after 23 people, mostly women and children, were killed when a mob set ablaze a shelter for Muslims huddled together for safety in Ode during the post-Godhra riots, a Gujarat court on Monday found 23 of the suspects guilty of murder and conspiracy. The Supreme Court-appointed special investigation team (SIT) has sought the death sentence for those convicted of murder.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;The special court in Anand will decide the punishment on Thursday. Of the 23 convicted, designated judge Poonam Singh held 18 guilty of murder, while four others were convicted of attempt to murder and one for rioting. All of them were found guilty of conspiracy, unlawful assembly and rioting.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;The court acquitted 23 others named as accused in the violence in the small town of Anand district. In all, 49 were accused in the massacre, of which one died during the trial. Two of the accused are absconding and have allegedly fled the country. A red corner notice has been issued against one of them. Of the 158 witnesses who testified in the trial, 35 turned hostile.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;The Ode massacre was one of nine sensitive 2002 riot cases the Supreme Court ordered the SIT to probe. A mob of nearly 1,500 people attacked a house in Ode&#039;s Pirawali Bhagol area in which panicky Muslims had taken shelter on March 1, 2002, burning alive 23 people -- nine children, nine woman and five men.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;The next day, the mob attacked and killed a senior citizen, Ghulam Rasool Saiyed. Fifteen men, who were already named in the first case, were also named in the second attack. Charges were dropped against the 15 on Monday in the Saiyed murder case due to lack of evidence. Saiyed&#039;s own children - son Asrar and daughter Farida - turned hostile in the case.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;The Ode massacre is the third case in the last 10 years, where a special court has pronounced verdict after an SIT probe. The first came in the Sabarmati Express carnage at Godhra, which triggered the riots after 59 people, mainly kar sevaks, were killed. Of the 31 people found guilty, 11 have been given the death sentence and 20 are serving life imprisonment terms.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;In the other case - the Sardarpura massacre in north Gujarat - the court has sentenced 31 people to life imprisonment and acquitted 42 others. Thirty-three people were killed in Sardarpura.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;The Gujarat high court is still grappling with a related issue in the Ode case. The police had filed just one FIR in two separate incidents - the killing of 23 people on March 1, 2002 and the murder of Ghulam Rasool Saiyed the next day. The cops, however, filed two separate chargesheets in the two cases, flummoxing legal experts. Witnesses say this is against the law and have approached the high court.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Timeline&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;March 1, 2002: Mob burns down a house in Pirawali Bhagol in Ode town, killing 23 people&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;March 2, 2002: An elderly man, Ghulam Rasool Saiyed, is burnt alive by a mob at Suriwali Bhagol in the town&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;November 21, 2003: SC stays proceedings in nine sensitive 2002 riot cases, including Ode massacre&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;April 13, 2008: SC appoints special investigation team (SIT) to probe the riot cases&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;November 12, 2009: Special court frames charges against 47 accused&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;October 25, 2011: One of the under-trials - Bhurabhai Patel - passes away&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;April 9, 2012: 23 found guilty, another 23 are acquitted&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Verdicts so far in key 2002 riot cases&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;In October 2002, a sessions court acquitted former BJP MLA Kalu Malivad and eight others in the Kidiad massacre case, in which 72 people were killed. 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                <div style="text-align: justify">-The Times of India</div><div style="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify">More than a decade after 23 people, mostly women and children, were killed when a mob set ablaze a shelter for Muslims huddled together for safety in Ode during the post-Godhra riots, a Gujarat court on Monday found 23 of the suspects guilty of murder and conspiracy. The Supreme Court-appointed special investigation team (SIT) has sought the death sentence for those convicted of murder.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The special court in Anand will decide the punishment on Thursday. Of the 23 convicted, designated judge Poonam Singh held 18 guilty of murder, while four others were convicted of attempt to murder and one for rioting. All of them were found guilty of conspiracy, unlawful assembly and rioting.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The court acquitted 23 others named as accused in the violence in the small town of Anand district. In all, 49 were accused in the massacre, of which one died during the trial. Two of the accused are absconding and have allegedly fled the country. A red corner notice has been issued against one of them. Of the 158 witnesses who testified in the trial, 35 turned hostile.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The Ode massacre was one of nine sensitive 2002 riot cases the Supreme Court ordered the SIT to probe. A mob of nearly 1,500 people attacked a house in Ode's Pirawali Bhagol area in which panicky Muslims had taken shelter on March 1, 2002, burning alive 23 people -- nine children, nine woman and five men.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The next day, the mob attacked and killed a senior citizen, Ghulam Rasool Saiyed. Fifteen men, who were already named in the first case, were also named in the second attack. Charges were dropped against the 15 on Monday in the Saiyed murder case due to lack of evidence. Saiyed's own children - son Asrar and daughter Farida - turned hostile in the case.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The Ode massacre is the third case in the last 10 years, where a special court has pronounced verdict after an SIT probe. The first came in the Sabarmati Express carnage at Godhra, which triggered the riots after 59 people, mainly kar sevaks, were killed. Of the 31 people found guilty, 11 have been given the death sentence and 20 are serving life imprisonment terms.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">In the other case - the Sardarpura massacre in north Gujarat - the court has sentenced 31 people to life imprisonment and acquitted 42 others. Thirty-three people were killed in Sardarpura.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The Gujarat high court is still grappling with a related issue in the Ode case. The police had filed just one FIR in two separate incidents - the killing of 23 people on March 1, 2002 and the murder of Ghulam Rasool Saiyed the next day. The cops, however, filed two separate chargesheets in the two cases, flummoxing legal experts. Witnesses say this is against the law and have approached the high court.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify"><em>Timeline&nbsp;</em></div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">March 1, 2002: Mob burns down a house in Pirawali Bhagol in Ode town, killing 23 people&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">March 2, 2002: An elderly man, Ghulam Rasool Saiyed, is burnt alive by a mob at Suriwali Bhagol in the town&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">November 21, 2003: SC stays proceedings in nine sensitive 2002 riot cases, including Ode massacre&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">April 13, 2008: SC appoints special investigation team (SIT) to probe the riot cases&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">November 12, 2009: Special court frames charges against 47 accused&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">October 25, 2011: One of the under-trials - Bhurabhai Patel - passes away&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">April 9, 2012: 23 found guilty, another 23 are acquitted&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify"><em>Verdicts so far in key 2002 riot cases&nbsp;</em></div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">In October 2002, a sessions court acquitted former BJP MLA Kalu Malivad and eight others in the Kidiad massacre case, in which 72 people were killed. The Gujarat high court ordered a re-investigation and a chargesheet was filed against 23 new accused, but most of the witnesses turned hostile.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">A sessions court in Godhra acquitted 21 people in the Pandarvada massacre case in October 2002. As many as 39 persons were murdered in the massacre. The high court has ordered a fresh investigation.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">In November 2003, a sessions court in Nadiad convicts 15 persons for killing 14 persons in Ghodasar village of Kheda district. Forty-eight were acquitted.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">After the case was transferred outside Gujarat, a Mumbai court in February 2006 convicted nine persons in the Best Bakery massacre of Vadodara. Eight were acquitted. Fourteen people were killed by a mob. Key witness Zaheera Shaikh was convicted for perjury.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">On January 18, 2008, a CBI court in Mumbai sentenced 12 people to life imprisonment for killing 14 people in the Bilkis Bano case of Panchmahal. Seven people were acquitted.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">In February 2011, the SIT court convicted 31 for setting fire to the Sabarmati Express at Godhra, killing 59 people. Eleven people were awarded capital punishment and 20 others life imprisonment.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Thirty-one people were awarded life imprisonment on November 9, 2011 for the Sardarpura massacre in which 33 Muslims were killed by the SIT court. As many as 42 were acquitted.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">On March 6, 2012, a city sessions court in Ahmedabad acquitted six people in a double murder case, in which a mother and son were burnt alive in Rakhial area.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify"><em>Those convicted of murder in Ode massacre&nbsp;</em></div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Vinu Bhikha Patel&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Atul Dahya&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Vijay Ravji&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Dilip Vallabh&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Harish Vallabh&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Jayendra Satabhai&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Suresh Bhailal&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Dilip Vinu&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Paresh Ranchhod&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Arvind Ravji&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Hemant Satabhai alias Gokal&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Sanat Ranchhod&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Manu Jetha&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Dilip Ranchhod&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Poonam Lalji&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Dharmesh Natu&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Vinu Shana&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Natu Mangal&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Pravin Mangal&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify"><em>Those guilty of attempt to murder&nbsp;</em></div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Devang Harshad&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Girish Soma&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Prakash Jashbhai&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Dilip Shana&nbsp;</div>               </font>
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-The Times of India
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More than a decade after 23 people, mostly women and children, were killed when a mob set ablaze a shelter for Muslims huddled together for safety in Ode during the post-Godhra riots, a Gujarat court on Monday found 23 of the suspects guilty of murder and conspiracy. The Supreme Court-appointed special investigation team (SIT) has sought the death sentence for those convicted of murder.&nbsp;
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The special court in Anand will decide the punishment on Thursday. Of the 23 convicted, designated judge Poonam Singh held 18 guilty of murder, while four others were convicted of attempt to murder and one for rioting. All of them were found guilty of conspiracy, unlawful assembly and rioting.&nbsp;
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The court acquitted 23 others named as accused in the violence in the small town of Anand district. In all, 49 were accused in the massacre, of which one died during the trial. Two of the accused are absconding and have allegedly fled the country. A red corner notice has been issued against one of them. Of the 158 witnesses who testified in the trial, 35 turned hostile.&nbsp;
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The Ode massacre was one of nine sensitive 2002 riot cases the Supreme Court ordered the SIT to probe. A mob of nearly 1,500 people attacked a house in Ode's Pirawali Bhagol area in which panicky Muslims had taken shelter on March 1, 2002, burning alive 23 people -- nine children, nine woman and five men.&nbsp;
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The next day, the mob attacked and killed a senior citizen, Ghulam Rasool Saiyed. Fifteen men, who were already named in the first case, were also named in the second attack. Charges were dropped against the 15 on Monday in the Saiyed murder case due to lack of evidence. Saiyed's own children - son Asrar and daughter Farida - turned hostile in the case.&nbsp;
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The Ode massacre is the third case in the last 10 years, where a special court has pronounced verdict after an SIT probe. The first came in the Sabarmati Express carnage at Godhra, which triggered the riots after 59 people, mainly kar sevaks, were killed. Of the 31 people found guilty, 11 have been given the death sentence and 20 are serving life imprisonment terms.&nbsp;
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In the other case - the Sardarpura massacre in north Gujarat - the court has sentenced 31 people to life imprisonment and acquitted 42 others. Thirty-three people were killed in Sardarpura.&nbsp;
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The Gujarat high court is still grappling with a related issue in the Ode case. The police had filed just one FIR in two separate incidents - the killing of 23 people on March 1, 2002 and the murder of Ghulam Rasool Saiyed the next day. The cops, however, filed two separate chargesheets in the two cases, flummoxing legal experts. Witnesses say this is against the law and have approached the high court.&nbsp;
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March 1, 2002: Mob burns down a house in Pirawali Bhagol in Ode town, killing 23 people&nbsp;
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March 2, 2002: An elderly man, Ghulam Rasool Saiyed, is burnt alive by a mob at Suriwali Bhagol in the town&nbsp;
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November 21, 2003: SC stays proceedings in nine sensitive 2002 riot cases, including Ode massacre&nbsp;
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April 13, 2008: SC appoints special investigation team (SIT) to probe the riot cases&nbsp;
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November 12, 2009: Special court frames charges against 47 accused&nbsp;
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October 25, 2011: One of the under-trials - Bhurabhai Patel - passes away&nbsp;
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April 9, 2012: 23 found guilty, another 23 are acquitted&nbsp;
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In October 2002, a sessions court acquitted former BJP MLA Kalu Malivad and eight others in the Kidiad massacre case, in which 72 people were killed. The Gujarat high court ordered a re-investigation and a chargesheet was filed against 23 new accused, but most of the witnesses turned hostile.&nbsp;
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A sessions court in Godhra acquitted 21 people in the Pandarvada massacre case in October 2002. As many as 39 persons were murdered in the massacre. The high court has ordered a fresh investigation.&nbsp;
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In November 2003, a sessions court in Nadiad convicts 15 persons for killing 14 persons in Ghodasar village of Kheda district. Forty-eight were acquitted.&nbsp;
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After the case was transferred outside Gujarat, a Mumbai court in February 2006 convicted nine persons in the Best Bakery massacre of Vadodara. Eight were acquitted. Fourteen people were killed by a mob. Key witness Zaheera Shaikh was convicted for perjury.&nbsp;
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On January 18, 2008, a CBI court in Mumbai sentenced 12 people to life imprisonment for killing 14 people in the Bilkis Bano case of Panchmahal. Seven people were acquitted.&nbsp;
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In February 2011, the SIT court convicted 31 for setting fire to the Sabarmati Express at Godhra, killing 59 people. Eleven people were awarded capital punishment and 20 others life imprisonment.&nbsp;
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Thirty-one people were awarded life imprisonment on November 9, 2011 for the Sardarpura massacre in which 33 Muslims were killed by the SIT court. As many as 42 were acquitted.&nbsp;
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On March 6, 2012, a city sessions court in Ahmedabad acquitted six people in a double murder case, in which a mother and son were burnt alive in Rakhial area.&nbsp;
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Vinu Bhikha Patel&nbsp;
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Paresh Ranchhod&nbsp;
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Sanat Ranchhod&nbsp;
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Manu Jetha&nbsp;
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Dilip Ranchhod&nbsp;
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Poonam Lalji&nbsp;
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Devang Harshad&nbsp;
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Dilip Shana&nbsp;
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Key witness Zaheera Shaikh was convicted for perjury.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">On January 18, 2008, a CBI court in Mumbai sentenced 12 people to life imprisonment for killing 14 people in the Bilkis Bano case of Panchmahal. Seven people were acquitted.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">In February 2011, the SIT court convicted 31 for setting fire to the Sabarmati Express at Godhra, killing 59 people. Eleven people were awarded capital punishment and 20 others life imprisonment.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Thirty-one people were awarded life imprisonment on November 9, 2011 for the Sardarpura massacre in which 33 Muslims were killed by the SIT court. As many as 42 were acquitted.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">On March 6, 2012, a city sessions court in Ahmedabad acquitted six people in a double murder case, in which a mother and son were burnt alive in Rakhial area.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify"><em>Those convicted of murder in Ode massacre&nbsp;</em></div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Vinu Bhikha Patel&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Atul Dahya&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Vijay Ravji&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Dilip Vallabh&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Harish Vallabh&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Jayendra Satabhai&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Suresh Bhailal&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Dilip Vinu&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Paresh Ranchhod&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Arvind Ravji&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Hemant Satabhai alias Gokal&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Sanat Ranchhod&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Manu Jetha&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Dilip Ranchhod&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Poonam Lalji&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Dharmesh Natu&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Vinu Shana&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Natu Mangal&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Pravin Mangal&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify"><em>Those guilty of attempt to murder&nbsp;</em></div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Devang Harshad&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Girish Soma&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Prakash Jashbhai&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Dilip Shana&nbsp;</div>',
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-The Times of India
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More than a decade after 23 people, mostly women and children, were killed when a mob set ablaze a shelter for Muslims huddled together for safety in Ode during the post-Godhra riots, a Gujarat court on Monday found 23 of the suspects guilty of murder and conspiracy. The Supreme Court-appointed special investigation team (SIT) has sought the death sentence for those convicted of murder.&nbsp;
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The special court in Anand will decide the punishment on Thursday. Of the 23 convicted, designated judge Poonam Singh held 18 guilty of murder, while four others were convicted of attempt to murder and one for rioting. All of them were found guilty of conspiracy, unlawful assembly and rioting.&nbsp;
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The court acquitted 23 others named as accused in the violence in the small town of Anand district. In all, 49 were accused in the massacre, of which one died during the trial. Two of the accused are absconding and have allegedly fled the country. A red corner notice has been issued against one of them. Of the 158 witnesses who testified in the trial, 35 turned hostile.&nbsp;
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The Ode massacre was one of nine sensitive 2002 riot cases the Supreme Court ordered the SIT to probe. A mob of nearly 1,500 people attacked a house in Ode's Pirawali Bhagol area in which panicky Muslims had taken shelter on March 1, 2002, burning alive 23 people -- nine children, nine woman and five men.&nbsp;
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The next day, the mob attacked and killed a senior citizen, Ghulam Rasool Saiyed. Fifteen men, who were already named in the first case, were also named in the second attack. Charges were dropped against the 15 on Monday in the Saiyed murder case due to lack of evidence. Saiyed's own children - son Asrar and daughter Farida - turned hostile in the case.&nbsp;
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The Ode massacre is the third case in the last 10 years, where a special court has pronounced verdict after an SIT probe. The first came in the Sabarmati Express carnage at Godhra, which triggered the riots after 59 people, mainly kar sevaks, were killed. Of the 31 people found guilty, 11 have been given the death sentence and 20 are serving life imprisonment terms.&nbsp;
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In the other case - the Sardarpura massacre in north Gujarat - the court has sentenced 31 people to life imprisonment and acquitted 42 others. Thirty-three people were killed in Sardarpura.&nbsp;
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The Gujarat high court is still grappling with a related issue in the Ode case. The police had filed just one FIR in two separate incidents - the killing of 23 people on March 1, 2002 and the murder of Ghulam Rasool Saiyed the next day. The cops, however, filed two separate chargesheets in the two cases, flummoxing legal experts. Witnesses say this is against the law and have approached the high court.&nbsp;
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March 1, 2002: Mob burns down a house in Pirawali Bhagol in Ode town, killing 23 people&nbsp;
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March 2, 2002: An elderly man, Ghulam Rasool Saiyed, is burnt alive by a mob at Suriwali Bhagol in the town&nbsp;
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November 21, 2003: SC stays proceedings in nine sensitive 2002 riot cases, including Ode massacre&nbsp;
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April 13, 2008: SC appoints special investigation team (SIT) to probe the riot cases&nbsp;
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November 12, 2009: Special court frames charges against 47 accused&nbsp;
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October 25, 2011: One of the under-trials - Bhurabhai Patel - passes away&nbsp;
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April 9, 2012: 23 found guilty, another 23 are acquitted&nbsp;
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<em>Verdicts so far in key 2002 riot cases&nbsp;</em>
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In October 2002, a sessions court acquitted former BJP MLA Kalu Malivad and eight others in the Kidiad massacre case, in which 72 people were killed. The Gujarat high court ordered a re-investigation and a chargesheet was filed against 23 new accused, but most of the witnesses turned hostile.&nbsp;
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A sessions court in Godhra acquitted 21 people in the Pandarvada massacre case in October 2002. As many as 39 persons were murdered in the massacre. The high court has ordered a fresh investigation.&nbsp;
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In November 2003, a sessions court in Nadiad convicts 15 persons for killing 14 persons in Ghodasar village of Kheda district. Forty-eight were acquitted.&nbsp;
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After the case was transferred outside Gujarat, a Mumbai court in February 2006 convicted nine persons in the Best Bakery massacre of Vadodara. Eight were acquitted. Fourteen people were killed by a mob. Key witness Zaheera Shaikh was convicted for perjury.&nbsp;
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On January 18, 2008, a CBI court in Mumbai sentenced 12 people to life imprisonment for killing 14 people in the Bilkis Bano case of Panchmahal. Seven people were acquitted.&nbsp;
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In February 2011, the SIT court convicted 31 for setting fire to the Sabarmati Express at Godhra, killing 59 people. Eleven people were awarded capital punishment and 20 others life imprisonment.&nbsp;
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Thirty-one people were awarded life imprisonment on November 9, 2011 for the Sardarpura massacre in which 33 Muslims were killed by the SIT court. As many as 42 were acquitted.&nbsp;
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On March 6, 2012, a city sessions court in Ahmedabad acquitted six people in a double murder case, in which a mother and son were burnt alive in Rakhial area.&nbsp;
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<em>Those convicted of murder in Ode massacre&nbsp;</em>
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Vinu Bhikha Patel&nbsp;
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Vijay Ravji&nbsp;
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Harish Vallabh&nbsp;
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Jayendra Satabhai&nbsp;
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Suresh Bhailal&nbsp;
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Dilip Vinu&nbsp;
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Paresh Ranchhod&nbsp;
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Arvind Ravji&nbsp;
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Hemant Satabhai alias Gokal&nbsp;
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Sanat Ranchhod&nbsp;
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Manu Jetha&nbsp;
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Dilip Ranchhod&nbsp;
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Poonam Lalji&nbsp;
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Dharmesh Natu&nbsp;
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Vinu Shana&nbsp;
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Devang Harshad&nbsp;
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Girish Soma&nbsp;
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Prakash Jashbhai&nbsp;
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Dilip Shana&nbsp;
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Of the 31 people found guilty, 11 have been given the death sentence and 20 are serving life imprisonment terms.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">In the other case - the Sardarpura massacre in north Gujarat - the court has sentenced 31 people to life imprisonment and acquitted 42 others. Thirty-three people were killed in Sardarpura.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The Gujarat high court is still grappling with a related issue in the Ode case. The police had filed just one FIR in two separate incidents - the killing of 23 people on March 1, 2002 and the murder of Ghulam Rasool Saiyed the next day. The cops, however, filed two separate chargesheets in the two cases, flummoxing legal experts. Witnesses say this is against the law and have approached the high court.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify"><em>Timeline&nbsp;</em></div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">March 1, 2002: Mob burns down a house in Pirawali Bhagol in Ode town, killing 23 people&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">March 2, 2002: An elderly man, Ghulam Rasool Saiyed, is burnt alive by a mob at Suriwali Bhagol in the town&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">November 21, 2003: SC stays proceedings in nine sensitive 2002 riot cases, including Ode massacre&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">April 13, 2008: SC appoints special investigation team (SIT) to probe the riot cases&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">November 12, 2009: Special court frames charges against 47 accused&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">October 25, 2011: One of the under-trials - Bhurabhai Patel - passes away&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">April 9, 2012: 23 found guilty, another 23 are acquitted&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify"><em>Verdicts so far in key 2002 riot cases&nbsp;</em></div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">In October 2002, a sessions court acquitted former BJP MLA Kalu Malivad and eight others in the Kidiad massacre case, in which 72 people were killed. The Gujarat high court ordered a re-investigation and a chargesheet was filed against 23 new accused, but most of the witnesses turned hostile.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">A sessions court in Godhra acquitted 21 people in the Pandarvada massacre case in October 2002. As many as 39 persons were murdered in the massacre. The high court has ordered a fresh investigation.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">In November 2003, a sessions court in Nadiad convicts 15 persons for killing 14 persons in Ghodasar village of Kheda district. Forty-eight were acquitted.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">After the case was transferred outside Gujarat, a Mumbai court in February 2006 convicted nine persons in the Best Bakery massacre of Vadodara. Eight were acquitted. Fourteen people were killed by a mob. Key witness Zaheera Shaikh was convicted for perjury.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">On January 18, 2008, a CBI court in Mumbai sentenced 12 people to life imprisonment for killing 14 people in the Bilkis Bano case of Panchmahal. Seven people were acquitted.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">In February 2011, the SIT court convicted 31 for setting fire to the Sabarmati Express at Godhra, killing 59 people. Eleven people were awarded capital punishment and 20 others life imprisonment.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Thirty-one people were awarded life imprisonment on November 9, 2011 for the Sardarpura massacre in which 33 Muslims were killed by the SIT court. As many as 42 were acquitted.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">On March 6, 2012, a city sessions court in Ahmedabad acquitted six people in a double murder case, in which a mother and son were burnt alive in Rakhial area.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify"><em>Those convicted of murder in Ode massacre&nbsp;</em></div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Vinu Bhikha Patel&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Atul Dahya&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Vijay Ravji&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Dilip Vallabh&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Harish Vallabh&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Jayendra Satabhai&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Suresh Bhailal&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Dilip Vinu&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Paresh Ranchhod&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Arvind Ravji&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Hemant Satabhai alias Gokal&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Sanat Ranchhod&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Manu Jetha&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Dilip Ranchhod&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Poonam Lalji&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Dharmesh Natu&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Vinu Shana&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Natu Mangal&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Pravin Mangal&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify"><em>Those guilty of attempt to murder&nbsp;</em></div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Devang Harshad&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Girish Soma&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Prakash Jashbhai&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Dilip Shana&nbsp;</div>'
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Gujarat massacre: 23 killed, 23 guilty, 23 acquitted

-The Times of India   More than a decade after 23 people, mostly women and children, were killed when a mob set ablaze a shelter for Muslims huddled together for safety in Ode during the post-Godhra riots, a Gujarat court on Monday found 23 of the suspects guilty of murder and conspiracy. The Supreme Court-appointed special investigation team (SIT) has sought the death sentence for those convicted of murder.  The special court in Anand will decide the punishment on Thursday. Of the 23 convicted, designated judge Poonam Singh held 18 guilty of murder, while four others were convicted of attempt to murder and one for rioting. All of them were found guilty of conspiracy, unlawful assembly and rioting.  The court acquitted 23 others named as accused in the violence in the small town of Anand district. In all, 49 were accused in the massacre, of which one died during the trial. Two of the accused are absconding and have allegedly fled the country. A red corner notice has been issued against one of them. Of the 158 witnesses who testified in the trial, 35 turned hostile.  The Ode massacre was one of nine sensitive 2002 riot cases the Supreme Court ordered the SIT to probe. A mob of nearly 1,500 people attacked a house in Ode's Pirawali Bhagol area in which panicky Muslims had taken shelter on March 1, 2002, burning alive 23 people -- nine children, nine woman and five men.  The next day, the mob attacked and killed a senior citizen, Ghulam Rasool Saiyed. Fifteen men, who were already named in the first case, were also named in the second attack. Charges were dropped against the 15 on Monday in the Saiyed murder case due to lack of evidence. Saiyed's own children - son Asrar and daughter Farida - turned hostile in the case.  The Ode massacre is the third case in the last 10 years, where a special court has pronounced verdict after an SIT probe. The first came in the Sabarmati Express carnage at Godhra, which triggered the riots after 59 people, mainly kar sevaks, were killed. Of the 31 people found guilty, 11 have been given the death sentence and 20 are serving life imprisonment terms.  In the other case - the Sardarpura massacre in north Gujarat - the court has sentenced 31 people to life imprisonment and acquitted 42 others. Thirty-three people were killed in Sardarpura.  The Gujarat high court is still grappling with a related issue in the Ode case. The police had filed just one FIR in two separate incidents - the killing of 23 people on March 1, 2002 and the murder of Ghulam Rasool Saiyed the next day. The cops, however, filed two separate chargesheets in the two cases, flummoxing legal experts. Witnesses say this is against the law and have approached the high court.  Timeline  March 1, 2002: Mob burns down a house in Pirawali Bhagol in Ode town, killing 23 people  March 2, 2002: An elderly man, Ghulam Rasool Saiyed, is burnt alive by a mob at Suriwali Bhagol in the town  November 21, 2003: SC stays proceedings in nine sensitive 2002 riot cases, including Ode massacre  April 13, 2008: SC appoints special investigation team (SIT) to probe the riot cases  November 12, 2009: Special court frames charges against 47 accused  October 25, 2011: One of the under-trials - Bhurabhai Patel - passes away  April 9, 2012: 23 found guilty, another 23 are acquitted  Verdicts so far in key 2002 riot cases  In October 2002, a sessions court acquitted former BJP MLA Kalu Malivad and eight others in the Kidiad massacre case, in which 72 people were killed. The Gujarat high court ordered a re-investigation and a chargesheet was filed against 23 new accused, but most of the witnesses turned hostile.  A sessions court in Godhra acquitted 21 people in the Pandarvada massacre case in October 2002. As many as 39 persons were murdered in the massacre. The high court has ordered a fresh investigation.  In November 2003, a sessions court in Nadiad convicts 15 persons for killing 14 persons in Ghodasar village of Kheda district. Forty-eight were acquitted.  After the case was transferred outside Gujarat, a Mumbai court in February 2006 convicted nine persons in the Best Bakery massacre of Vadodara. Eight were acquitted. Fourteen people were killed by a mob. Key witness Zaheera Shaikh was convicted for perjury.  On January 18, 2008, a CBI court in Mumbai sentenced 12 people to life imprisonment for killing 14 people in the Bilkis Bano case of Panchmahal. Seven people were acquitted.  In February 2011, the SIT court convicted 31 for setting fire to the Sabarmati Express at Godhra, killing 59 people. Eleven people were awarded capital punishment and 20 others life imprisonment.  Thirty-one people were awarded life imprisonment on November 9, 2011 for the Sardarpura massacre in which 33 Muslims were killed by the SIT court. As many as 42 were acquitted.  On March 6, 2012, a city sessions court in Ahmedabad acquitted six people in a double murder case, in which a mother and son were burnt alive in Rakhial area.  Those convicted of murder in Ode massacre  Vinu Bhikha Patel  Atul Dahya  Vijay Ravji  Dilip Vallabh  Harish Vallabh  Jayendra Satabhai  Suresh Bhailal  Dilip Vinu  Paresh Ranchhod  Arvind Ravji  Hemant Satabhai alias Gokal  Sanat Ranchhod  Manu Jetha  Dilip Ranchhod  Poonam Lalji  Dharmesh Natu  Vinu Shana  Natu Mangal  Pravin Mangal  Those guilty of attempt to murder  Devang Harshad  Girish Soma  Prakash Jashbhai  Dilip Shana