Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 653 · Decided 24 June 2022
Zakia Ahsan Jafri v. State of Gujarat & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 653 · [2022] 6 S.C.R. 1
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 912/2022
- Decided
- 24 June 2022
- Bench
- A.M. KHANWILKAR, DINESH MAHESHWARI, C.T. RAVIKUMAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; Constitution Article 356
Headnote
Gujarat Riots - Godhra incident of 27.2.2002, in which large number of Kar-sevaks, returning from Ayodhya, were burnt alive in train bogies - As aftermath of that incident, there was unrest and violence all across the State of Gujarat - A violent mob attacked the inhabitants of 69 persons including the husband of appellant - Complaint dated 8.6.2006 of appellant to Director General of Police, Gujarat and other high officials inter alia containing allegations of "larger conspiracy at the highest level" which resulted into causing mass violence across
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