Five Naroda Patiya riot convicts get bail for a week

Five persons convicted in the 2002 Naroda Patiya riot case were today granted bail for one week by the Gujarat High Court here.
A Bench of Justices Jayant Patel and Z K Saiyed granted temporary bail to the convicts for making appropriate accommodation arrangements for their family members, who have been asked by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation to vacate their present houses.
Terming the ground of their plea for temporary relief as genuine, the Bench said, "Under the circumstances, each of the convict is released on temporary bail for a period of one week."
The court asked the convicts, Ganpat Didawala, Ramesh Didawala, Suresh Langdo, Prakash Rathod and Mukesh Rathod - all serving life sentence - to furnish personal bond and surety of Rs 30,000 each.

Former BJP Minister Maya Kodnani, convicted in the same case, is currently on temporary bail on medical grounds.
A trial court had in August 2012 awarded life imprisonment to Kodnani, Bajrang Dal leader Babu Bajrangi and 29 others for the post-Godhra riot in which 97 people, mostly members of a minority community, were killed.