According to the prosecution, the crime which took place on February 27, 2002, resulted in the killing of 58 persons in a fire inside the S-6 coach of Sabarmati Express, which was carrying kar sevaks (Hindu volunteers) from Ayodhya. The Godhra carnage triggered communal riots in Gujarat.Last year, the bench of the Supreme Court, headed by the Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud rejected the bail pleas filed by three convicts of the 2002 Godhra train burning case – Saukat Abdulla Moulvi Ismail Badam, Siddik Mohammad Mora (Moraiya) and Bilal – keeping in view their acts and specific roles assigned to them.”The incident is serious, not isolated. We are at this stage not inclined to grant them bail,” the CJI Chandrachud said in the order.It is to be noted that as these three convicts death sentences had been commuted by the Gujarat High Court, the state government has filed separate appeals challenging the same in the top court.
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