Bilkis convicts freed after GoI nod: Gujarat govt to SC

The Gujarat government, in a 458-page affidavit in the Supreme Court, defended it decision to free 11 lifers in the Bilkis Bano case, and said, "The state government has considered the cases of all 11 prisoners as per the policy of 1992 and remission was granted on August 10. The state home department said that all the convicts had completed more than 14 years in prison under life imprisonment.

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