The 11 convicts in the 2002 Bilkis Bano gangrape case surrendered before Godhra sub jail in Panchmahal district in Gujarat on Sunday night as the Supreme Court had ordered.
The Supreme Court passed orders on the 8th of January asking the 11 convicts who were released prematurely on August 15th, 2022 to surrender before jail authorities by January 21st. The convicts filed petitions seeking more time to surrender and gave reasons like health issues, impending surgery, marriage in the family etc but the Supreme Court refused to accept any of these reasons and directed the convicts to report back to jail.
All the 11 convicts are guilty of raping Bilkis Bano who was 21 years old and five months pregnant in 2002 during the communal riots that took place in Godhra.
