Human Rights in Punjab

Following a pattern of dismissal similar to the cases against the perpetrators of the 1984 pogroms against the Sikhs, the Gujarat High Court has dismissed the case against the accused in the Best Bakery case:

The accused in the Best Bakery case have reason to rejoice again. The Gujarat High Court has dismissed a reluctant state government’s revised appeal against their acquittal. Earlier, 21 persons were arrested, tried and acquitted by a fast track court for burning alive 14 persons during the post-Godhra riots. The NHRC and a few NGOs moved the apex court. The SC was called upon to intervene in a rare case in which the state government and its police had succeeded in securing acquittal of the accused through poor representation of the case and shoddy investigation.

The reasons for the High Court’s judgment will come after the Court returns from its winter break.

Sabrang Communications gives background information to the Best Bakery case, as well as other human rights information.

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