The Special Trial Court for the 2002 Naroda Patiya massacre case has
disposed of a petition that demanded direction to the Supreme Court-appointed
SIT to submit its final report on further investigation done on an application
that sought probe into alleged larger conspiracy in the case.
The court passed an order in this regard on Wednesday following a statement
by an SIT officer that they would be filing the report as and when it was
ready.
The petition was moved by NGO Jan Sangharsh Manch (JSM).
Earlier, JSM had filed an application under the provisions of Criminal
Procedure Code. The NGO had sought further investigation in the case with
regard to larger conspiracy, connivance and/or criminal negligence by police
officers that resulted into death of a large number of persons and analysis of
telephone call data contained in CDs produced by IPS officer Rahul Sharma.
JSM’s lawyer said the SIT initially carried out investigation on the
application, but despite an order of the special trial court, it did not file
any report on the same. Following this, JSM moved a fresh petition seeking the
investigation report.
The court has almost concluded the trial and is likely to pronounce judgment
on June 30.
