Gulberg case: Court likely to pronounce quantum of sentence today

A special SIT court is likely to pronounce the quantum of sentence today for the 24 convicted in the 2002 Gulberg Society massacre case.  Sixty-nine persons including former Congress Member of Parliament Ehsan Jafrey were killed in the Gulberg Society during the 2002 Gujarat riots.

The prosecution had sought nothing less than death sentence or jail term till death for all the convicts while the defence lawyers



contested that the incident was spontaneous and there were enough provocations for it.

Judge P B Desai had earlier on June 2 convicted 11 persons of offences including murder, while 13 others were charged with lesser offences. The court had acquitted 36 others.

The hearing on quantum of sentence took place on Monday. Quantum of sentence will be pronounced after conclusion of their submissions.