Mumbai: The sessions court in Mumbai on Friday directed the Gujarat police to produce a recently arrested accused of 2002 Best Bakery case. Vadodara police's Crime Branch has moved an application before the sessions judge UB Hejib saying that a warrant was pending against Jayanti Gohil, an accused, who did not face trial in the case after a re-trial was ordered.
"Gohil had faced the trial in Gujarat but he was acquitted. When the Supreme Court ordered a re-trial and transferred the case to Mumbai, he did not turn up before the court and a warrant was issued," a Gujarat police official said. Four absconding accused of Best Bakery case - Jayanti, Ramesh Gohil, Mahesh Gohil and Harshad Solanki - were arrested in a joint operation by NIA and Gujarat police recently.
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03:24 AM, May 11, 2013
New Delhi: The Best Bakery, a small outlet in the Hanuman Tekri area of Vadodara, was allegedly attacked by a mob, which burned down the bakery, killing 14 people on March 1, 2002. The attack was part of the 2002 Gujarat violence. The mob targeted the Muslims inside, including the Sheikh family which ran the bakery. All the fourteen people, who were killed, had taken refuge in the Best Bakery...
06:37 PM, Jul 09, 2012
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday acquitted five accused in the 2002 Best Bakery riots case for want of evidence but upheld the conviction of four others sentenced to life term by the trial court. A division bench comprising Justices VM Kanade and PD Kode, who had on July 3 reserved the judgement on the appeals filed by the accused against the trial court verdict, upheld the life sentence...
05:50 PM, Jul 09, 2012
New Delhi: The Best Bakery case, in which 14 people were killed on March 1, 2002 during the Gujarat carnage, had become one of the most high-profile cases of the violence that erupted across Gujarat after the Godhra train incident. Following is the chronology of events in the Best Bakery case: March 1, 2002: Best Bakery in Vadodara is burnt down by a mob, killing 14 persons. March 2, 2002:...
05:44 PM, Jul 09, 2012
New Delhi: The 2002 Best Bakery case is set to come up for hearing before the Bombay High Court on Monday. The court will begin hearing the appeals filed by nine convicts who were awarded life terms in connection with the case. The court is expected to bring up the matter of Yasmeen Bano Shaikh today. She is one of the key witnesses in the case. In her petition, she...
07:57 AM, Mar 05, 2012
New Delhi: The Bombay High Court is all set to hear the appeals filed by Yasmeen Shaikh and 9 others convicted in the 2002 Best Bakery case on Tuesday. Shaikh filed the appeal saying she was 'lured and misguided' into giving false testimony against the 17 accused by social activist Teesta Setalvad. Of the 17 accused, nine have been convicted and are serving life sentence. The court might rule either...
09:19 AM, Feb 07, 2012
Lahore: Embarrassed after banned Pakistani pacer Mohammad Amir played in one of its club matches, the England Cricket Board has sought clarification from the ICC on the terms and conditions of the sanction imposed on him for involvement in spot-fixing. The development comes after the ICC confirmed it was investigating reports that Amir, despite the five-year ban on him for spot-fixing, had played in an English division one match in...
07:33 PM, Feb 02, 2008
New Delhi: Mumbai Indians has accused the IPL governing council of changing the players auction norms in the last minute without reason, resulting in a lack of transparency in the process. In a letter written to the IPL governing council members, Indiawin Sports Pvt Ltd (ISPL) - owners of the Mumbai Indians team - said players were auctioned through a pre-decided order of auction list, as opposed to an initial...
09:09 PM, Dec 04, 2007
Dhaka: The Bangladesh government plans to clear beggars off the streets of capital Dhaka ahead of next month's ICC World Cup, officials said Tuesday. The beggars would be taken to rehabilitation centres, Home Minister Sahara Khatun told reporters after a meeting of the committee dealing with security during the World Cup. Hawkers will also be shunted out, officials said, to ensure that there are no security glitches during the country's...
11:00 AM, Dec 04, 2007
Zahira Sheikh has expressed her desire to contest the Assembly polls provided she is given a ticket by a political party. ...
05:36 PM, Jun 19, 2007
SC has waived off the Rs 50,000 fine imposed upon key witness in the Best Bakery case, Zaheera Sheikh. ...
04:34 PM, Mar 07, 2007
