<p>The Supreme Court on Monday sought to know from the Gujarat government if any departmental action was initiated against the police officers convicted in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case.<br /><br />A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud also allowed the gangrape survivor to file a fresh appeal seeking enhancement of the compensation earlier granted to her in the gangrape case that had taken place during the 2002 Gujarat riots.<br /><br />The gangrape survivor has sought grant of adequate compensation and initiation of departmental action against the errant police officers.<br /><br />The court sought a report from the Gujarat government within four weeks on the departmental action against the guilty police officers.<br /><br />It also asked the counsel for the rape survivor to file a separate appeal challenging a high court order on the issue of compensation.<br /><br />The Bombay High Court had on May 4 upheld the conviction and life imprisonment of 12 people in the gangrape case, while setting aside the acquittal of seven people including policemen and doctors.<br /><br />Bilkis Bano, who was gang-raped in March, 2002, while she was pregnant, lost seven of her family members in the aftermath of the Godhra train burning incident.<br /><br />Five policemen and two doctors, among others, were convicted for not performing their duties (sections 218) and tampering of evidence (section 201) under the Indian Penal Code (IPC).<br /><br />The convicted policemen and doctors are Narpat Singh, Idris Abdul Saiyed, Bikabhai Patel, Ramsingh Bhabhor, Sombhai Gori, Arun Kumar Prasad (doctor) and Sangeeta Kumar Prasad (doctor).<br /><br />DH News Service</p>
<p>The Supreme Court on Monday sought to know from the Gujarat government if any departmental action was initiated against the police officers convicted in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case.<br /><br />A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud also allowed the gangrape survivor to file a fresh appeal seeking enhancement of the compensation earlier granted to her in the gangrape case that had taken place during the 2002 Gujarat riots.<br /><br />The gangrape survivor has sought grant of adequate compensation and initiation of departmental action against the errant police officers.<br /><br />The court sought a report from the Gujarat government within four weeks on the departmental action against the guilty police officers.<br /><br />It also asked the counsel for the rape survivor to file a separate appeal challenging a high court order on the issue of compensation.<br /><br />The Bombay High Court had on May 4 upheld the conviction and life imprisonment of 12 people in the gangrape case, while setting aside the acquittal of seven people including policemen and doctors.<br /><br />Bilkis Bano, who was gang-raped in March, 2002, while she was pregnant, lost seven of her family members in the aftermath of the Godhra train burning incident.<br /><br />Five policemen and two doctors, among others, were convicted for not performing their duties (sections 218) and tampering of evidence (section 201) under the Indian Penal Code (IPC).<br /><br />The convicted policemen and doctors are Narpat Singh, Idris Abdul Saiyed, Bikabhai Patel, Ramsingh Bhabhor, Sombhai Gori, Arun Kumar Prasad (doctor) and Sangeeta Kumar Prasad (doctor).<br /><br />DH News Service</p>
