Vaishnavi Kumari, New Law College, Bharatiya Vidyapeeth, Pune, Maharashtra
INTRODUCTION
The Bilkis Bano case is a landmark case of gangrape and mass murder that occurred during the 2002 Gujarat riots in India.
The Bilkis Bano case, commonly referred to as the Gujarat Riots case, is a prominent instance of intergroup conflict that took place in India's Gujarat riots in 2002. During the riots, Muslim pregnant woman Bilkis Bano was subjected to gang sexual assault, and other members of her family were also killed. She was brutally gangraped during the racial violence that followed the Godhra train-burning incident. She was 21 years old and five months pregnant at the time. Seven members of her family were murdered by rioters. NHRC ( National Human Rights Commission) took notice, and the SC took it up, despite the magistrate recording her statement and the police writing a closure report. CBI was given this case by SC. 12 persons and police personnel were named in the chargesheet that the CBI filed. The case was moved from Ahmedabad session court to Mumbai due to the severity of the offence.
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