In 2012, Kodnani was among the 32 convicted of the total 75 accused in the Naroda Patiya case. (Six years later, even she would get acquittal from the Gujarat High Court.)
'The prosecution in Gujarat has not been serious in bringing riots’ perpetrators to book…This could be manifestation of their failures or their deliberate designs,' writes Siasat
The Congress on Friday alleged that a lapse on the part of the prosecution led to the acquittal of all 67 accused in the post-Godhra riots in Ahmedabad's Naroda Gam and hoped that while justice may be delayed it will not be denied
This was the second and final riots case in which she was named an accused. Earlier, the only BJP minister named in the violence was cleared in the Naroda Patiya case.