SC quashes remission of sentence of 11 convicts in Bilkis Bano rape and murder case

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has set aside the Gujarat government’s decision to commute the sentence of 11 convicts involved in the rape of Bilkis Bano and the murder of her family.

The apex court considered the PIL challenging the remission of sentence awarded to the convicts as maintainable.

The apex court had held as “invalid” the May 13, 2022 order of another bench to consider the gujarat government’s plea seeking remission of sentence of the convicts.