Supreme Court has asked the Gujarat government to complete disciplinary action against erring police officials convicted by the Gujarat High Court in the 2002 Bilkis Bano gang-rape case.
A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi today said it will hear Bano’s plea seeking enhanced compensation on 23rd April. Bano today refused to accept 5 lakh rupees compensation offered by the Gujarat government before the bench.
Bombay High Court had on 4th May 2017 convicted seven people — five policemen and two doctors — under sections 218 (not performing their duties) and section 201 (tampering of evidence) of the Indian Penal Code. Bilkis Bano was gang-raped by an armed mob during the 2002 Gujarat riots.
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