Bilkis Bano case: SC dismisses plea by convicts seeking extension of time to surrender

NT Bureau, Agencies

New Delhi: Eleven convicts in the case of gangrape of Bilkis Bano and the murder of seven of her family members during the 2002 riots in Gujarat will have to surrender on January 21 as the Supreme Court on Friday dismissed their plea seeking an extension of time to surrender.

A bench of justices B V Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan refused to grant them relaxation.

The top court had on January 8 annulled the remission the Gujarat government granted to the 11 convicts in the high-profile case while slamming the State for being "complicit" with an accused and abusing its discretion.