Today the Supreme Court permitted the Ahmedabad Trial Court to pronounce judgment in the 2002 Gulbarg Society massacre case of Ahmedabad.The court has granted 3 months of time to the trial court to deliver its judgment.One of the key accused in the case, Kailash Dhobi, has yesterday jumped bail, with his lawyer claiming he has written to Gujarat High Court that he would appear when the trial court will pronounce its verdict.High court has already issued a non-bailable warrant against Dhobi after he failed to surrender before police on January 29.The supreme court had last month extended the interim protection from arrest granted to Teesta Setalvad and her husband Javed Anand till March 18 in a case of alleged misappropriation of funds of 1.5 crores for a museum at Ahmedabad’s Gulbarg Society that was ruined during 2002 riots. 69 people were killed during the post-Godhra riots in 2002 into a museum in memory of the riot victims.
The apex court, however, has given warning to the couple, saying that they should cooperate with the investigation or be ready to be ready for arrest.
