Godhra Train Burning Case: 10-Day Parole Granted to Convict to Attend Brother-In-Law’s Death Rituals: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court, on June 2, 2025, granted 10-day parole leave to Jabir bin Yamin Behra, one of the 11 convicts in the 2002 Godhra Sabarmati Express burning case, which had led to widespread violence in Gujarat. The Court allowed his parole on the humanitarian ground of the death of his brother-in-law, after considering his prolonged incarceration of more than 20 years. Background of conviction and commutation of sentence…