"17 long years in prison": Supreme Court grants bail to life convict in Godhra train burning case

A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha said that the convict has been behind bars for 17 long years while noting that the appeal filed by the convict is still pending before it.

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The Supreme Court Thursday granted bail to Farook one of the thirty-one convicts in the Godhra train burning of February 2002 which led to the communal riots in Gujarat.

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CJI DY Chandrachud