Today a Special court would pronounce the punishments to all the 32 convicts in the 2002 post-Godhra Riots, Naroda Patiya case.

Among the 32 convicted people in the Naroda Patiya case are the BJP MLA, former minister of the government of Narendra Modi, Maya Kodnani and also the leader of Bajrang Dal Babu Bajrangi. In the Naroda Patiya case at least 97 people from the community were killed.

Special court judge Jyotsana Yagnik convicted them on charges of conspiracy and murder in the case. 29 in the case were acquitted. Ms Kodnani is the first woman and first MLA to be convicted in a post-Godhra riots case. She was the MLA of the Naroda area three times and is believed to be a close aide of Narendra Modi.

Both the political celebs were convicted  under sections 120 (B) (criminal conspiracy), 302 (murder) and 307 (attempt to murder) of IPC. The prosecution also sought the death sentence for the convicts.

(AW- Anil)