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COURT-GODHRA 2 LST
Feb 22 (A.A) - "Petrol was brought and the train was made to stop.
Electricity was then cut and there was pouring of huge
quantity of petrol and thereafter it was set afire so far as
S-6 coach is concerned," Panchal said replying to a query on
prosecution's theory of conspiracy.
Asked whether he would demand death penalty for those
convicted in the case, he said, "What will be the stand of
prosecution I cannot disclose at this stage but on February
25, I will be making my humble submissions before the
honourable court as discharge of my official duty."
On whether the prosecution was satisfied by the
verdict, Panchal said, "There is no question of any
satisfaction. One has to respect the judicial verdict. There
cannot be a debate on the judicial verdict."
"Maulana (Umarje) has been acquitted because the judge
found that he is not guilty. The grounds on which he has been
acquitted can be said only after reading full text of the
judgement," Panchal said on the release of the prime
conspirator.
As many as 253 witnesses were examined during the
trial and over 1,500 documentary evidences were presented
before the court by the Gujarat police.
There were a total of 134 accused in the case, out of
which 14 were released due to lack of evidence, five were
juvenile, five died during proceedings of over nine years, 16
are absconding, and trial was conducted against 94 accused.
Of the 94, against whom the trial was conducted 80 are
in jail and 14 are out on bail.
Two different panels appointed to inquire into the
2002 case had given different views on the Godhra train
burning incident.
The Nanavati Commission, appointed by the Gujarat
government to probe the carnage, had in the first part of the
report concluded that the fire in the S-6 coach was not an
accident, but it was caused by throwing petrol inside it.
"The burning of the coach S-6 was a pre-planned act.
In other words there was a conspiracy to burn the coach of the
train coming from Ayodhya and to cause harm to the 'karsevaks'
travelling in it," the report submitted to the government in
September 2008 had said.
The one-man U C Banerjee Commission appointed by the
Indian Railway Ministry under Lalu Prasad Yadav had said that
fire was "accidental
Electricity was then cut and there was pouring of huge
quantity of petrol and thereafter it was set afire so far as
S-6 coach is concerned," Panchal said replying to a query on
prosecution's theory of conspiracy.
Asked whether he would demand death penalty for those
convicted in the case, he said, "What will be the stand of
prosecution I cannot disclose at this stage but on February
25, I will be making my humble submissions before the
honourable court as discharge of my official duty."
On whether the prosecution was satisfied by the
verdict, Panchal said, "There is no question of any
satisfaction. One has to respect the judicial verdict. There
cannot be a debate on the judicial verdict."
"Maulana (Umarje) has been acquitted because the judge
found that he is not guilty. The grounds on which he has been
acquitted can be said only after reading full text of the
judgement," Panchal said on the release of the prime
conspirator.
As many as 253 witnesses were examined during the
trial and over 1,500 documentary evidences were presented
before the court by the Gujarat police.
There were a total of 134 accused in the case, out of
which 14 were released due to lack of evidence, five were
juvenile, five died during proceedings of over nine years, 16
are absconding, and trial was conducted against 94 accused.
Of the 94, against whom the trial was conducted 80 are
in jail and 14 are out on bail.
Two different panels appointed to inquire into the
2002 case had given different views on the Godhra train
burning incident.
The Nanavati Commission, appointed by the Gujarat
government to probe the carnage, had in the first part of the
report concluded that the fire in the S-6 coach was not an
accident, but it was caused by throwing petrol inside it.
"The burning of the coach S-6 was a pre-planned act.
In other words there was a conspiracy to burn the coach of the
train coming from Ayodhya and to cause harm to the 'karsevaks'
travelling in it," the report submitted to the government in
September 2008 had said.
The one-man U C Banerjee Commission appointed by the
Indian Railway Ministry under Lalu Prasad Yadav had said that
fire was "accidental
