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Naroda Patiya Riots: Maya Kodnani gets bail

Kashmir Times. Dated: 7/31/2014 12:11:48 PM

AHMEDABAD, July 30 (Agencies): The Gujarat High Court today granted bail to former minister Maya Kodnani, who was convicted and sentenced to 28 years' imprisonment in the 2002 Naroda Paitya riots case in which 97 people were killed.
The division bench of High Court comprising Justice V M Sahai and Justice R P Dholaria, accepted Kodnani's application seeking bail on health grounds.
With this, she becomes the the first accused to get bail in the Naroda Patiya riots case.
The court has given her regular bail on the bond of Rs one lakh and has exempted her from appearing before the police during her bail period as she is not keeping well.
Kodnani in her bail application had said that she has been suffering from tuberculosis and depression, for which she is getting treatment at city civil hospital. She has been lodged in the Sabarmati jail here.
Kodnani had also submitted in the bail plea that her appeal challenging the judgement of special court is pending before the Gujarat High Court since December 2012. The appeal is not likely to be heard in near future, and considering this she should be released on bail, it said.