Ode massacre: 18 get life, five get 7-yr-term
April 12, 2012  11:28

Sentencing in the Ode massacre case has just been passed.

Of the 23 convicted yesterday, 18 get life imprisonment, five get a seven-year sentence. The special SIT court in Anand awarded the punishment to the convicts on charges of murder, conspiracy, and rioting.

Special prosecutor P N Parmar had sought the death penalty for the convicts, arguing that this should be considered the rarest of the rare incident.

He contended that the court had upheld the prosecution's asserting that the act of rioting and murder of 23 persons, mainly women and children, was part of a conspiracy.

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