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Bilkis Bano case convict Ramesh Chandana got parole for 10 days to attend his nephew’s wedding. Earlier, the high court had allowed convict Pradip Modhiya parole after the death of his father-in-law.
Chandana and 10 other life term convicts in the Bilkis Bano case had surrendered shortly before midnight on January 21, after the SC on January 8 annulled the remission and premature release granted to them by the Gujarat government on August 15, 2022.
She had the courage to not cow down before the entire law and order apparatus, to remain sane and human despite inhuman suffering meted out to her and her family.
A witness in the Bilkis Bano case, Feroze Ghanchi, has sent an application to the inspector general of prison seeking details of the grounds on which the convict was released from jail. Get the latest updates on this case.