Gujarat HC Directs State Authority To Decide Remission Plea Of 2002 Godhra Train Convict
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The Gujarat High Court has directed the competent state authorities to consider and decide the remission plea of Mahabub Yakub Mitha, alias Popa Shekh, a convict in the 2002 Godhra railway case.
The convict was sentenced to death by the Sessions Court, Panchmahal at Godhra, in March 2011 for offences including murder and criminal conspiracy under the Indian Penal Code. In October 2017, the high court partly allowed his appeal and commuted the death sentence to life imprisonment.
Remission Plea
Having completed 14 years of incarceration on August 12, 2016, Mitha applied for remission of his sentence.
The high court, taking into account his total period of imprisonment and the State Government's modified remission policy, disposed of the application and directed the competent authority to decide the plea in accordance with the applicable remission policy.
2002 Godhra Train Fire
On February 27, 2002, the S-6 coach of the Sabarmati Express, carrying kar sevaks returning from Ayodhya, was set on fire near Godhra Railway Station in Gujarat. Fifty-nine people died in the incident.
