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BEFORE THE SPECIAL COURT, DESIGNATED FOR CONDUCTING THE SPEEDY TRIAL OF RIOT CASES, SITUATED AT OLD HIGH COURT BUILDING, NAVRANGPURA, AHMEDABAD. SESSIONS CASE NO.235 OF CONNECTED WITH SESSIONS CASE NO.236 OF AND SESSIONS CASE NO.241 OF AND SESSIONS CASE NO.242 OF AND SESSIONS CASE NO.243 OF AND SESSIONS CASE NO.245 OF AND SESSIONS CASE NO.246 OF AND SESSIONS CASE NO.270 OF 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009

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PART - 1
Sr. No. Cause Title Appearances A. B. C. D. E. F. Brief facts and history about the case List of complaints Translated Version of I-CR No.100/2002 About charge List of witnesses List of documents (Prosecution) Descriptions Page No. 1 12 13 19 20 24 25 77

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G. I. J. K. L. to O. P. Q. R.

List of documents (Defence) Documents alongwith F.S. Arguments (By Sp.P.P.) Defence case in general Defence submissions and Citations

123 127 129 136 162 164 to 228 234 238 246

H. List of documents (By Court)

Summary Of Charge, Exhibit 65. Points for Determination Answers to the above points of determination raised

PART - 2
Chapter No. Description Page No. 261

Chapter Common points on Cross-examination of No. I many of the PW and common arguments for many of the accused, scales for appreciation of evidence and observations of the Court. Introduction (1) (2) (3) Non Production of Injury Certificates History before Doctor Exaggerations Constitution of SIT and the applications of Victim-PW to SIT (i) Constitution of SIT (ii) Application to SIT by victims PW Exh.2289 to 2316 (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) Printed Complaints applications and lossdamage analysis Forms. Inability to describe Topography Some Hindus saved lives of Muslims : Number of omissions, contradictions & citations. Origin of the occurrence according to defence. Injury of firearms, police firing & private firing.

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Chapter No. (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) Probability

Description

Page No. 297 298 302 303 305 306

Lengthy & tiring cross, rustic witness and kind of the witnesses in the case Not lodging complaint Population of Muslim at Naroda and the probability Affidavit before the Honble Supreme Court of India. Delay in F.I.R., complaint and statements, issue of complaint ante-dated and antetimed Recovery and discovery Houses allotted to the victims of crime by the Islamic Relief Committee is the cause for false involvement The kind of the victim witnesses The probability on the aspect of height of wall of S.T.Workshop Cross stone-pelting Cross verification of the PW inter se No proper narration by PW Fortification from occurrence PW PW for whom accurate reproduction of the occurrence is common Light at site of water tank Submissions on cross of defence. Cross on belated recording of statement. Non-production of proof of residence etc. Silence of sufferers Appreciation of evidence : Police witnesses stating to have not seen the accused named in complaint Tutoring of NGO, social workers etc. Pressure, theory. persuasion and obligation

(16) (17)

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(18) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23) (24) (25) (26) (27) (28) (29) (30) (31) (32) (33) (34) (35)

317 319 320 321 323 324 324 325 326 326 327 327 327 331 332 332 332 333

Improbability and inability to notice the accused. Probability of being at tea-stall

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Chapter No. (36) (37) (38) (39) (40) (41) (42) (43) (44) (45) (46) (47) (48) (49) (50) (51) (52) (53) (54) (55) (56) (57) (58) (59) (60) (61) (62) (63) (64) (65) (66)

Description First site plan Exaggeration and/or denial on occurrence Why burnt ? Mentality in mob Minor variation Principle of corpus presumption of death. delicti and

Page No. 334 334 335 336 336 337 339 345 346 347 347 350 361 362 362 363 363 365 366 366 366 367 368 368 369 371 371 372 374 375 375

Concept of Beyond Reasonable Doubt Probability of observation by PW Citation of defence on appreciation of evidence : (Ld. Advocate Mr.Kikani) Identity of accused to be genuine Citations by defence : (Ld. advocate Shri Thakur) The practice / theory on need of one reliable witness as sufficient Defence citations for general principles Citation of defence on investigation : Submission on false involvement Accused with weapons at site Submission on free fight Non-production of C.D. of Statement by SIT Seating arrangement of the accused Occurrence of at train. Members of the mob General hospital, fire brigade. Rapes and gang rapes Language of deposition Victims of the trial Testimony before another Court Defence of alibi Defective investigation Objects of the mobs Conduct of the PW Natural presence

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Chapter No. (67) (68) (69) (70) (71) (72)

Description Citation for intention of the accused Fight or flight response. Hesitation to involve. Credibility of PW PW while deposing. Fear, psychological trauma and its impact

Page No. 375 376 376 377 378 378 383

Chapter Glimpses of the site visit by the Court and No. II maps of the site of offence, the VCD prepared of the site of offence on 11/03/2002 by I.O. No.2. (A) (B) (B-1) (B-2) (B-3) (B-4) (C) Chapter No.III (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) (G) (H) On-site visit Maps of the site of the offence VCD of the site of the offence PW-63 PW-315 PW-215 PW-178 (in part) Findings. Test Identification Parade General No identity of accused in the Court by the PW Two women accused & TIP. General for TIP. Identity of the accused in the Court. Observation of the Court on T.I.P. Judgements on the subject T.I.Parade of A-38 : PW-34, Exh.235, Yadi and Exh.236, T.I.P. Panchnama Finding for TIP of A-38 (I) T.I.Parade of A-33 : PW-35, Exh.239, Yadi and Exh.240 T.I.P. Panchnama Finding (J) T.I. Parade of A-53, A-54 and A-56: PW-36, Exh.246 (A-53), Exh.249 (A-54)

383 397 397 403 404 407 407 410 410 414 416 417 430 432 433 439

448 448

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Chapter No. Finding (K)

Description and Exh.252 (A-56)

Page No. 452 453 454

Conclusion

Chapter Sanction Under Section 196 of Cr.P.C., PWNo. IV 303, 304, 305, 306 and 309, Exh.2107 to 2110, 2112, 2115 to 2117, 2119 and 2120, 2184 to 2186. Findings Chapter R&P of C-Summaries filed at the Court of No.V Metropolitan Magistrate (Exh.1776/1 to 1776/24) (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j) (k) (l) (m) (o) Chapter No. VI (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) Exh.1776/1 Exh.1776/3 Exh.1776/6 Exh.1776/9 Exh.1776/10 Exh.1776/12 Exh.1776/18 Exh.1776/22 Exh.1776/14 Exh.1776/18 Exh.1776/20 Exh.1776/21 & 1776/22 Exh.1776/23 Conclusion Previous Investigation Introduction On 27/02/2002 First I.O. : Mr. K.K. Mysorewala (from 28/02/2002 to 08/03/2002) Second I.O. Mr. P .N. Barot (from 08/03/2002 to 30/04/2002) Third I.O. & all I.O. from Crime Branch. (1) Shri S.S.Chudasama (from 01/05/2002 to 19/11/2002 with in between the charge to P.I.Shri Agrawat)

460 461

462 467 468 468 469 473 473 473 476 477 477 478 478 479 481 481 483 485 496 499 500

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Chapter No. (2) (3) (4) (5) (f) (g) (h) (i)

Description Shri H.P. Agrawat, P.I. (from 19/11/2002 to 05/04/2003) Shri G.S.Singhal, A.C.P. (from 06/04/2003 to 14/12/2006) Shri H.R.Muliyana, A.C.P. (from 15/12/2006 to 21/11/2007) Shri V.K.Ambaliyar, A.C.P. (from 21/11/2007 to 10/04/2008) the previous

Page No. 500 500 500 500 514 526 535 535 535 541 542 542 542

General observation about investigation :

Appreciation of the previous investigation in general Final finding on previous investigation About investigation of the SIT (i) Shri V.V.Chaudhary, S.P., (from 10/04/2008 to 08/08/2010) (ii) I.O. Shri Himanshu Shukla (from 08/08/2010 onwards)

(j) Chapter No. VII (A)

Conclusion on SIT investigation Dying declarations in this case PW-130, PW-131 and all the dying declarations on the record including which are now only earlier statements. Finding

(B)

550

PART - 3
Chapter No. Chapter No. I Description CONSPIRACY (A) LEGAL ASPECT OF CONSPIRACY Extra Judicial Confession & Its effects and Citations regarding Section 30 of the Indian Evidence Act. (B) ORAL EVIDENCE Page No. 552 553 556

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Chapter No. (1) PW - 104

Description

Page No. 573 577 595 597 598 600 604 605 607 610 611 615 625 627 629 634 635 638 643 644 647 652 653 660 665 672 673 676 680 680 685 704 705 707

Cross-examination of PW - 104 Opinion Finding of PW - 104. (2) PW - 136 Cross-examination of PW - 136 Finding of PW - 136 (3) PW - 176 Cross-examination of PW - 176 Finding of PW - 176 (4) PW - 149 Cross-examination of PW - 149 Finding of PW - 149 (5) PW - 192 Cross-examination of PW - 192 Finding of PW - 192 (6) PW - 198 Cross-examination of PW - 198 Finding of PW - 198 (7) PW - 236 Cross-examination of PW - 236 Finding of PW - 236. (8) PW - 156 Substance from Chief of PW-156 From Cross-examination of PW - 156 Finding of PW - 156 (9) PW - 227 Cross-examination of PW - 227 Finding of PW - 227 (10) PW - 52 Cross-examination of PW 52 and Opinion. Finding of PW - 52. (11) PW - 143 Cross-examination of PW - 143

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Chapter No.

Description Observation of the Court Finding of PW - 143 (12) PW 112 AND OTHER PW Finding of PW 112 AND OTHER PW (13) PW 219 AND OTHER PW Finding of PW - 219 AND OTHER PW (14) Support from Exh.1776/1. Finding of Exh.1776/1. (15) Support from the Complaint - Exh.1773 (16) Probability of private possession and use of firearm Final Finding of the Part-3 on Conspiracy :Summary of the Testimonies of 13 PWs : PW 52, 104, 112, 136, 143, 149, 156, 176, 192, 198, 219, 227, 236. Final finding on the entire chapter of conspiracy.

Page No. 718 721 722 723 723 723 724 724 725 727 727

749 750 750 753 758 761 763 768 769 772 774 775 778 788

Chapter No.-II

Sting Operation (1) Appreciation of DVD & CD (2) Relevant citations (3 to In general from the facts and opinion. 6) (7 & Summary of C.D., D.V.D., Exh.2259 and 8) from the deposition of PW-322 (9) From the interview recorded by PW 322 with A-18 (DVD). (10) From the interview recorded by PW 322 with A-21. (11) From the interview recorded by PW 322 with A-22. (12 to Opinion 16) (17) PW 314, Exh.2213 to 2216 : (18) PW 320, Exh.2258 & 2259. (19) PW 322, Exh.2273. (20) PW 312, Exh. 2201 to 2203 :

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Chapter No.

Description (21) PW 323 - Exh.2275, 2276, 2277 (defence) (22) Final finding on Sting Operation

Page No. 789 790 792

Chapter No. III

Mobile Call Details

PART - 4
Chapter No. Chapter No. I 1. (A) (B) Description PANCHNAMA Introduction TIP Panchnamas Panchnamas for damages :(1) Exh.2046 : (2) Exh.2047 : (3) Exh.143 : (4) Exh.162 : (5) Exh.164 : (6) Exh.384 (by defence ) (7) Exh.2038 : (8 & 9 ) Exh.929 & 931 : (10 to 12) Exh.1345, 1346, 1347 : (13 & 14) Exh.1455 and 1479 : (15) Exh. 1531 (by defence). (16) Exh.1563 : (17) Exh.1856 : (18 & 19) Exh.2036 & 2037 : (20 & 21) Exh.2039 & 2040 : (22) Exh.2048 : (23) Exh.950 : (24 to 28) Exh.952, 1036, 1055, 1082, 1083 (by defence) (29) Exh.1151 Page No. 800 800 802 802 806 806 808 808 808 809 809 809 810 811 811 811 812 812 812 813 814 814 814

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(30) Mark - 134/65. Common Conclusion For All The Panchnamas of damages Common finding of all 29 panchnamas for damages. (C) Inquest Panchnamas and their panch PWs. I. Inquest Panchnamas (1 to 4) Exh.192, 194, 203 and 205 (Inquest panchnamas) : (5 to 8) Exh.207, 210, 212 and 214 (Inquest panchnamas) : (9 to 11) panchnamas) Exh.221,224, 232 (Inquest

814 815 815 816 816 816 816 817 817 (Inquest 817 817 818 818 818 819 819 819 819 820 824 825 825 826 826 827 827

(12) Exh.402 (Inquest panchnama) : (13) Exh.394, panchnama) : 406 and 662

(14) Exh.937 & 357 (Inquest panchnama) : (15 to 20) Exh.1454, 1333, 2021, 2062, 2064 and 2075 (Inquest Panchnama) : II. Identification Panchnamas (1) Exh.219 : (2) Exh.1303 (3) Exh.1349 (4) Exh.2041 III. 1. Common conclusion For All Inquests : Exh.875 - Discovery Panchnama of A-22. Finding of Exh.875 - Discovery panchnama of A-22. 2. Exh.1494 Discovery Panchnama of A-44 Finding of Exh.1494 - Discovery Panchnama of A-44 3. Exh.1834- Discovery Panchnama of A-41. Finding of Exh.1834, Discovery Panchnama of A-41. 4 & 5 Exh.2130 & Exh.2129 Discovery Panchnamas from deceased Guddu and Jay Bhavani. Finding of Exh.2130 & Exh.2129 Discovery (D) Discovery Panchnamas

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Panchnamas from deceased Guddu and Jay Bhavani. (E) Inquest Panchnamas of deceased accused 1 & 2. Exh.2069 and Exh.2070 (F) Miscellaneous Panchnamas : 1. Exh.177 2. Exh.888 (by defence) 3. Exh.1228 : 4. Exh.1556 : 5. Exh.2071 (by defence) 6. Exh.1868 : (connects A-38) 7. Exh.1749 (Part-1 to 5) 8. Exh.2203 : - Conclusion for all the described above at (A) to (F) : panchnamas 828 828 828 828 828 829 830 832 832 835 836 836 839

Chapter THE POSTMORTEMS, INQUESTS, YADIS No. II AND DOCTOR WITNESSES, VICTIM AND THEIR RELATIVE WITNESSES. Introduction : ADeaths proved by Inquests, PM etc. - In cases where the deceased were identified :1. Case No.1 (Number given by the Court for convenience and proper reference by the Court) Death of Mohammad Shafiq Adambhai Shaikh Inquest, Yadi, Relevant PW etc.,(Death No.1)-Morning Occurrence FINDINGS ON DEATH OF MOHAMMAD SHAFIQ ADAMBHAI SHAIKH: (Death No.1) 2. Case No.2: Death of Saidabanu Ibrahim Shaikh, aged 23 years, resident of Hussain Nagar (Death No.2 ) FINDINGS on the Death of Saidabanu Ibrahim Shaikh (Death No.2, Evening Occurrence) 3. Case No.3 : Death of Jubaidabanu Shabbir Ahmed Shaikh (seems to be daughter-in-law of Kudratbibi) (Death No.3) FINDINGS OF DEATH OF JUBAIDABANU SHABBIR AHMED SHAIKH (Death No.3,

839 848

848

850

851

852

852

853

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Evening Occurrence) 4. Case No.4 : Death Khurshidbhai (Death No.4) FINDINGS on the Death Khurshidbhai (Death No.4) of of Kudratbibi Kudratbibi 853 856

5. Case No.5 : Death of Sarmuddin Khalid Noor Mohammad (Death No.5) FINDINGS ON DEATH OF SARMUDDIN KHALID NOOR MOHAMMAD (Death No.5) 6. Case No.6 : Death of Asif Shabbir, aged 5 years (Death No.6) FINDINGS ON THE SHABBIR : (Death Occurrence) DEATH No.6) OF ASIF (Evening

856 857

857 858

7. Case No.7: Death of Supriya Marjid, aged 35 years (Death No.7) FINDINGS on the Death of Supriya Marjid (Death No.7) ( Noon Occurrence) 8. Case No.8 : Death of Hamid Raza Mohammad Maroo, aged 10 years (Death No.8) FINDINGS on the death of Hamid Raza Mohammad Maroo, (Death No.8) 9. Case No.9 Death of Shakinabanu Mehboobbhai aged about 8- 12 years(Death No.9) FINDINGS on the Death of Shakinabanu Mehboobbhai (Death No.9) Morning Occurrence 10. Case No.10 : Death Babubhai Bhatti (Death No.10) of Shakina

858 859

859

860

860

861

862 863

FINDINGS on the Death of Shakina Babubhai Bhatti (Death No.10) (Morning Occurrence) 11. Case No.11 - Death of deceased Razak Babubhai Bhatti (Death No.11) FINDING on the death of deceased Razak

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Babubhai Bhatti (Death No.11) (Morning Occurrence) 12. Case No.12 : Death of deceased Sufiabanu/Sofiabanu Majid Shaikh (Death No.12) FINDINGS on the death of deceased Sufiabanu / Sofiabanu Majid Shaikh (Death No.12) (Evening Occurrence) 13. Case No.13 Death of Mehboob Khurshidbhai Shaikh (Death No.13) FINDINGS ON DEATH OF MEHBOOB KHURSHID SHAIKH (Death No.13) (Noon Occurrence) 14. BCommon Notes : 865

867

867 868

869 869 869

Deaths proved otherwise :1. Death of Moin Khan/Soin Khan, dead body identification panchnama Exh.1303, Yadi etc. (Death No. 14) (in the fact of the case, it seems to be of crippled person) FINDINGS ON DEATH OF MOIN KHAN / SOIN KHAN : (Death No.14) 2. Death of Six family members of Jaidabibi alias Ghoribibi (PW 90) (Death No.15 to 20) FINDING ON DEATH OF (1) Salambhai Abdulla Khureshi, (2) Reshma Salam, (3) Samir Salam, (4) Imran Salam, (5) Meraj Salam and (6) Hussain Mohammad (Death Nos. 15 to 20) (Evening Occurrence) 3. Deaths of Lalbi Majidbhai W/o Abdul Majid, Jadikhala and Mumtaz Noorbhai (Death Nos. 21, 22 & 23) FINDINGS OF THE DEATH OF Lalbi Majidbhai W/o Abdul Majid, Hajrabibi alias Jadi Khala and Mumtaz Noorbhai (Death Nos.21, 22 & 23) (Evening Occurrence) 4. Death of Zarinabanu Bundubhai and Nasimbanu Bundubhai (Death Nos.24 & 25) FINDING ON DEATHS of Zarinabanu

871

872

875

876

880

880 881

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Bundubhai and Nasimbanu (Death Nos.24 & 25)

Bundubhai

5. FINAL CONCLUSION ON THE CHAPTER OF P.M., INQUESTS, YADIS AND CONCERNED PWS AND DOCTOR P.M. etc. :A. Conclusion on A : B. Conclusion on B : C MISSING PERSONS : (Death Nos.26, 27 & 28) Conclusion on C : Finding for Death Nos.26, 27 & 28:D. OFFENCE - WATER TANK ETC., OF EVENING OCCURRENCE, CHART OF INQUESTS AND DEATH NO.29 ONWARDS. UNIDENTIFIED DEAD BODIES : Finding on D :E. DEATHS PROVED RECEIPTS :CONCLUSION Chapter No. III INJURIES TO THE VICTIMS (A) Injury certificates (Case No.1 to 32) Common Factors in all the injury certificates (1) Case of Shafi Bablu Mehboobbhai, aged 7 years, male, resident of Patiya. Finding of the victim Shafi Mehboobbhai (Noon Occurrence) Bablu BY BURIAL

881

885 886 887 888 888 888

888 905 905 908 908 908 908 911 912 912 913 913

(2) Case of Yasin Abdul Majid, male child, aged 8 years. Finding of victim, Yasin Evening Occurrence: Abdul Majid -

(3) Case of Shehnazbanu Munavar, Exh.281, aged 35 years, female, resident of Saijpur, Finding of Victim Shehnazbanu Munavar Evening Occurrence : (4) Case of Bashir Ahmed Mohammad Hussain Shaikh / Bashir Ahmed Dobhi, Male

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- aged 45 years. Finding of Victim, Bashir Ahmed Mohammadhussain Shaikh / Bashir Ahmed Dobhi - Noon Occurrence : (5) Case of Aishabanu Mohammad Maru Pathan, - female, aged 8 years. Finding of Victim Aishabanu Mohammad Maroo Pathan - Evening Occurrence: (6) Case of Afsanabanu Saiyad, female, aged 19 years Rehmanbhai 915

915 916 917 917 917 918 919 919 919 920 920 921 921 922 922 923 923 923 924

Finding of Victim - Afsanabanu Rehmanbhai Saiyad - Evening Occurrence: (7) Case of Shabbir Ahmed Munir Ahmed Shaikh, male, aged 17 years. Finding of Victim Shabbir Ahmed Munir Ahmed Shaikh - Evening Occurrence: (8) Case of Naimuddin Ibrahim Shaikh Male aged 35 years Finding of Victim Naimuddin Ibrahim Shaikh : (9) Case of Farzanabanu Aiyubkhan Pathan - Female - aged 30 years. Finding of Victim Farzanabanu Aiyubkhan Pathan - Evening Occurrence : (10) Case of Saberabanu Abdul Aziz Shaikh, female aged 24 years Finding of Victim Saberabanu Abdul Aziz Shaikh - Evening Occurrence: (11) Case of Usmanbhai Valibhai - Male aged 65 years. Finding of Victim Usmanbhai Evening Occurrence: (12) Case of Yasin Male, Aged 16 years Valibhai -

Usmanbhai Mansuri,

Finding of Victim, Yasin Usmanbhai Mansuri Evening Occurrence: (13) Case of Shabana Abdul Rahim, Female aged 23 years. Finding of victim, Shabana Abdul Rahim Noon Occurrence : (14) Case of Shoheb Mohammad Shaikh, Male - Infant, aged 20 days. Aiyub

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Finding of Victim, Shoheb Mohammadayub Shaikh - Evening Occurrence: (15) Case of Ahmed Badshah Mohammad Hussain Shaikh, Male 20 years. Finding of Victim Ahmed Badshah Mohammad Hussain Shaikh - Morning And Evening Occurrence : (16) Case of Ahmed Mohammad Hussain Saiyad, Male aged 7 years. Finding of the Victim-Ahmed Mohammad Hussain Saiyad - Noon Occurrence: (17) Case of Mohammad Maru Raufalikhan Pathan, Male aged 39 years. Finding of Victim Mohammad Maru Raufalikhan Pathan - Evening Occurrence: (18) Case of Shahrukh Shabbir, Male Child. Finding of Victim Shahrukh Shabbir : (19) Case of Kamarraza Mohammad Maru Pathan, Male, aged 5 years. Finding of the victim Kamarraza Mohammad Maru Pathan - Evening Occurrence : (20) Case of Jetunbibi Aslammiya Shaikh, Female, aged 18 years. Finding of the Victim : Jetunbibi Aslammiya Shaikh - Evening Occurrence: (21) Case of Reshmabanu Pathan, Female, aged 10 years. Aiyubkhan

924 925 926

926 927 927 928 929 929 929 930 930 931 931 932 932 933 933 934 934 935 936

Finding of the Victim, Reshmabanu Aiyubkhan Pathan - Evening Occurrence: (22) Case of Kulsumbanu Female, aged 35 years. Ibrahimbhai,

Finding of victim, Kulsumbanu Ibrahimbhai Evening Occurrence: (23) Case of Zarinabanu Female, aged 25 years. Naeemuddin,

Finding for the Victim, Zarinabanu Naimuddin - Evening Occurrence: (24) Case of Shaukatbhai Nabibhai Mansuri, Male. (25) Case of Shaikh, Female Shahjahan Kabirahmed

Finding of Shahjahan Kabirahmed Shaikh -

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Evening Occurrence: (26) Case of Mohammad Khalid Saiyadali Saiyad, Male, aged 29 years. Finding of Mohammad Khalid Saiyadali Saiyad - Morning And Evening Occurrence : (27) Case of Pir Mohammad Allabaksh Male aged 35 years Finding of victim - Pir Mohammad Allabaksh Morning Occurrence: (28) Case of Mohammad Hussain Shaikh, Male, aged 26 years Finding of Mohammad Hussain Shaikh Morning Occurrence: (29) Case of Mustaq Razzak Kaladia - Male aged 20 years, Finding of victim Mustaq Razzak Kaladia Morning Occurrence: (30) Case of Abdulmajid Saiyadali Saiyad Male aged 23 years. Finding of Victim - Abdulmajid Saiyadali Saiyad - Morning Occurrence : (31) Case of Raziyabanu Mohammad Aiyub Female, 35 years Finding of Victim , Raziyabanu Mohammad Aiyub - Noon Occurrence: (32) Case of Sufiyabanu Female, Aged 32 years Inayat Saiyad, 936 937 938 938 939 939 939 940 940 941 941 942 942 943 943

Finding of the victim Sufiyabanu Inayat Saiyad :

(B) Injured who took treatment in Relief

Camp (Case No. 33 to 96 and 97 to 125 from the Chapter of Occurrence Witness and others) : (33) Case Female (34) Case Shaikh :(35) Case Shaikh : of Parveenbanu Salambhai, 943 944 944 944 944 944

Finding of victim, Parveenbanu Salambhai : of of Abdul Rashid Rahimbhai Shofilal

Mohammad

Aiyub

(36) Case of Sallaudin Abdul Karim Shaikh :(37) Case of Taufiqbhai Akbarmiya :-

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(38) Case of Kamrunnisha Muradali Shaikh FINDING OF PW 218, 185, 190, 40 and 56 : (39) Common Finding For All (40) Bibi Banu and Parvin Banu (41 & 42) DETAILED STATEMENT OF INJURED PERSONS AND WHO WERE TREATED AT RELIEF CAMP. (43) CONCLUSION CERTIFICATE OF INJURY

945 945 945 946 946

952 953

(44) FINAL CONCLUSION OF THIS PART :

PART - 5
Chapter No. Description Page No. 954

Chapter Appreciation Of Oral Evidence Of Different No. I Victims And Relatives Or Acquaintances Of The Deceased : [I] Principles for appreciation (Citations) [II] Common Facts [III] Other Than Common Facts Occurrence PWs : Occurrence Prosecution Witnesses,Who Do Not Involve Any Accused By Name. Morning Occurrences (From 9:30 a.m. to about 12:00 noon.) Noon Occurrences (12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m.) : Evening Occurrence (5:00 p.m. onwards):

954 975 979 980 981 990 996 1000

Important aspects From The Depositions of 1011 Occurrence Prosecution Witnesses Related To injuries And Deaths. Findings : Chapter No. II (01) PW 37 (02) PW 56 (03) PW 65 VICTIM WITNESSES Introduction 1022 1025 1025 1026 1036 1040

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Chapter No. (04) PW 72 (05) PW 73 (06) PW 83 (07) PW 94 (08) PW 105 (09) PW 106 (10) PW 107 (11) PW 108 (12) PW 109

Description

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Note : PW-110 has been dealt with at Sr.No.94 herein below. (13) PW 112 (14) PW 113 (15) PW 114 (16) PW 115 (17) PW 116 (18) PW 117 (19) PW 135, 237, 245, 253, 270, 277 Etc. (20) PW 135 (21) PW 137 (22) PW 138 (23) PW 141 (24) PW 142 (25) PW 144 (26) PW 145 (27) PW 147 (28) PW 150 (29) PW 157 (30) PW 158 (31) PW 162 (32) PW 167 (33) PW 168 (34) PW 169 (35) PW 170 1112 1123 1132 1137 1141 1145 1147 1155 1164 1168 1172 1175 1186 1189 1192 1197 1200 1205 1214 1218 1223 1224 1227

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Chapter No. (36) PW 171 (37) PW 172 (38) PW 173 (39) PW 174 (40) PW 175 (41) PW 177 (42) PW 179 (43) PW 180 (44) PW 181 (45) PW 182 (46) PW 183 (47) PW 184 (48) PW 185 (49) PW 186 (50) PW 187 (51) PW 188 (52) PW 189 (53) PW 190 (54) PW 193 (55) PW 197 (56) PW 199 (57) PW 200 (58) PW 201 (59) PW 202 (60) PW 203 (61) PW 204 (62) PW 209 (63) PW 212 (64) PW 213

Description

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(65) PW 217 & PW 218 (66) PW 219 (67) PW 224 (68) PW 225 (husband of Kausharbanu) (69) PW 226

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Chapter No. (70) PW 228 (71) PW 229 (72) PW 230 (73) PW 231 (74) PW 232 (75) PW 233 (76) PW 234 (77) PW 235

Description

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(78) PW 237 & PW 245 (79) PW 238 (80) PW 239 (81) PW 242 (82) PW 243 (83) PW 244 (84) PW 247 (85) PW 249 (86) PW 250 (87) PW 257 (88) PW 258 (89) PW 260 (90) PW 261 (91) PW 272 (92) PW-223 (93) PW-271 (94) PW-110 (95) PW-146 Chapter No. III (1) PW-269 (2) PW-273 Chapter DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCES No. IV ADMISSION OF THE DEFENCE CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. (I) DOCUMENTS : (a) Exh.2049 to 2075 OFFICIAL WITNESSES

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Chapter No. (c) Exh.318

Description (b) Exh.292 to 317 (d) Exh.2131 to 2163 (e) Exh.532, 553 and 1207 (f) Exh.1231, 1412 and 1616 (g) Exh.1801 (II) CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE A. FINAL CONCLUSION OF PART - 5 B. COMMON FOR ALL PWS

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C. FINAL CONCLUSION OF THE MATERIAL SO 1471 FAR AND FOR THE PW WHO ONLY INVOLVED THE DEAD ACCUSED (THIS CHAPTER IS IN PART-6) D. FINAL CONCLUSION OF PART - 3 & 5, ETC. 1484 AS FAR AS DEATHS PROVED :

PART - 6
Chapter No. Chapter No. I Chapter No. II Description THE PWs WHO INVOLVE THE DEAD ACCUSED FINDINGS FOR THE DEAD ACCUSED IMPORTANT ASPECTS FROM THE DEPOSITIONS (1) PW-70 (2) PW-76 (3) PW-79 (4) PW-90 (5) PW-140 (6) PW-148 (7) PW-166 (8) PW-167 (9) PW-191 (10) PW-248 (11) PW-326 Page No. 1487 1493 1494 1494 1494 1494 1494 1495 1495 1495 1495 1495 1496 1496

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Chapter No. Chapter No. III

Description POLICE WITNESSES POLICE OFFICIALS WHO BROUGHT VARDHIS OF THE HOSPITALS (PW 221, 222 & 241) PW-222 PW-241 PW- 221 THE POLICE OFFICIALS WHO BROUGHT NOTIFICATION UNDER B.P. ACT & THE CURFEW ORDER PW- 220 THE POLICE PWs AT THE SITE ON THE DAY PW - 264 PW - 265 PW - 266 PW - 267 PW - 268 (PSO of Naroda Police Station) PW-262 (COMPLAINANT OF I-C.R. No.100/02 & EXH.1773- THE COMPLAINANT) FIRST IO AND HIS ASSIGNEE OFFICERS (PW274, PW-276, PW-296 & PW-297) PW- 276 PW- 296 PW- 297 PW- 274 SUPERIOR OFFICERS OF FIRST IO PW-277 PW-294 SECOND IO & HIS ASSIGNEE OFFICERS [PW178 (IO) & PW-292 (ASSIGNEE OFFICER OF PW-178)] I.O.No.3, Shri S.S.Chudasama - PW-307 and his Assignee Officers & Officials FOURTH I.O.- PW- 275 (MR.H.P.AGRAWAT): PW- 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 291, 292 (discussed alongwith I.O.-2) 293, 295, 298, 299, 300, 301 and 302 : FIFTH I.O. - PW-317 (Shri G.L. Singhal)

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1549 1556 1558

1567

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Chapter No.

Description SIXTH I.O. - PW-313 (Shri Muliyana) SEVENTH I.O. (Shri Ambliyar) EIGHTH I.O. PW 327 OF SIT NINTH I.O. AND CURRENT IO OF SIT : FINAL CONCLUSION FINDINGS UNDER THE HEADING OF APPRECIATION OF THE PREVIOUS INVESTGIGATION IN GENERAL. FINAL CONCLUSION OF PART-6 FINAL CONCLUSION FOR TOTAL DEATH TOLL

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1575 1575

PART - 7
Chapter No. Description Page No. 1577 1577 1598 1620 1624 1629 1631 1634 1652 1662 1679 1696

Chapter A. The Point of Determination raised at No. I Part-1. I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. Point of Determination No.1 and its discussion Point Of Determination No.2 and its discussion. Point Of Determination No.3 and its discussion. Point Of Determination No.4 and its discussion. Point Of Determination No.5 and its discussion. Point Of Determination No.6 and its discussion. Point Of Determination No.7 and its discussion. Point Of Determination No.8 and its discussion. Point Of Determination No.9 and its discussion. Point Of Determination No.10 and its discussion. Point Of Determination No.11 and its discussion.

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Chapter No. XII. & XIII. XIV. XV. XVI. Chapter No.II

Description Point Of Determination No.12 & 13 and its discussion. Point Of Determination No.14 and its discussion. Point Of Determination No.15 and its discussion. Point Of Determination No.16 and its discussion.

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Different Incidents In General Which Took Place On The Date, Time And Site Of The Offence :

Chapter DEALING WITH THE WRITTEN No.III STATEMENTS OF THE ACCUSED AFTER F.S. (A TO E) (F) (G) (H) (I) (J) (K) (L) (M) (N) (O) (P) (Q) (R) (S) (T) (U) (V) (W) (X) (Y) (Z) A-1 : A-2 : A-4 :A-5 :A-10 :A-18 : A-20: A-21 : A-22: A-25 : A-26 : A-27 & A-28 : A-30 & A-33 : A-34 & A-39 : A-37 :A-38: A-40 :A-41 : A-42 : A-44 :A-45, A-46, A-52, A-53 & A-55 : Applicable in general to all the accused.

1785 1785 1787 1787 1791 1793 1795 1795 1800 1804 1805 1807 1807 1807 1808 1808 1808 1813 1815 1815 1818 1818 1821

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Chapter No. (AA) (AB) (AC) Chapter No. IV : 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. A-47 :A-58: A-62 :

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GRANT OF BENEFIT OF DOUBT A-1 : A-2 : A-3 : A-4 : A-5 : A-6 : A-7 : A-8 : A-9 : A-10 : A-11 : A-12 : A-13 : A-14 : A-15 : A-16 : A-17 : A-18 : A-19 : A-20 : A-21 : A-22 : A-23 : A-24 : A-25 : A-26 : A-27 : A-28 : A-29 : A-30 :

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Chapter No. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. Chapter No. V : [1] A-31 : A-32 : A-33 : A-34 : A-35 : A-36 : A-37 : A-38 : A-39 : A-40 : A-41 : A-42 : A-43 : A-44 : A-45 : A-46 : A-47 : A-48 : A-49 : A-50 : A-51 : A-52 : A-53 : A-54 : A-55 : A-56 : A-57 : A-58 : A-59 : A-60 : A-61 : A-62 :

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Culpability of the Accused COMMON FOR ALL THE

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Chapter No. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] A-1 : A-2 : A-4 : A-5 : A-10: A-18 : A-20 : A-21 : A-22: A-25 : A-26 : A-27 : A-28 : A-30 : A-33 : A-34 : A-37 : A-38 : A-39 : A-40: A-41: A-42 : A-44 : A-45: A-46 : A-47 : A-52 : A-53 : A-55 : A-58 : A-60 : A-62 :

Description ACCUSED HELD GUILTY:

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Deceased Accused (Conspirators as well as members of unlawful assembly) :

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Chapter No.

Description FINAL ORDER FURTHER FINAL ORDER

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Date :- 31/08/2012.

( Dr.Smt.Jyotsna Yagnik ) Special Judge, Court for conducting speedy Trial of Riot Cases, situated at SIT Courts, Old High Court Building, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad.