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Gujarat High Court Acquits Three in 2002 Post-Godhra Riots Case

ANAND DISTRICT, GUJARAT, INDIA, JUL 28 – The Gujarat High Court acquitted three men convicted in 2006 due to unreliable evidence and failure to conduct a Test Identification Parade in a 2002 riot case.

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Nineteen years after their conviction in a 2002 post-Godhra riots case, the Gujarat High Court acquitted Sachin Patel, Ashok Patel, and Ashok Gupta, citing unreliable evidence. The court noted that the identification of accused was not corroborated during the trial, leading to the overturning of their previous sentences.

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The Gujarat High Court acquitted three convicts in the post-Godhra riots case, saying their conviction was not based on credible evidence. In this High Court decision, a fast track court had sentenced Sachin Patel, Ashok Patel and Ashok Gupta to five years of rigorous imprisonment. This decision of the High Court came after almost 19 years. A bench of Justice Geeta Gopi accepted the petitions of Sachin, Ashok and Ashok Gupta. The petitions chall…

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Devdiscourse broke the news in India on Tuesday, July 29, 2025.
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