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Bilkis was gangraped and her three-year-old daughter was among 14 people killed by a mob on March 3, 2002, in the Limkheda taluka of GujaratтАЩs Dahod district during the riots.
It says that the early release of the convicts in the heinous crime not only convulsed Bilkis but also the society at large, adding that this case will be tracked globally.
The Supreme Court bench hearing petitions against the premature release of the 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case on Thursday asked why the remission policy is being applied selectively to inmates in jails.
Clear and transparent remission procedures along with appropriate substantive considerations will also help prevent the kind of misuse we saw in Bilkis Bano’s case.
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The Bilkis Bano case recently drew widespread attention due to a landmark Supreme Court decision.
The Supreme Court had on January 8 asked the 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case to surrender to the jail authorities within two weeks.
Before leaving for the protest site at Singhu, Bilkis had said that she would sit for the protest through the night if need be.