4 Jailed In Gujarat Riots Get Bail; Top Court Says "Conviction Debatable"

Four convicts in the Naroda Patiya case, which describes one of the worst massacres in the 2002 Gujarat riots, have been granted bail by the Supreme Court, which has doubted their conviction. The convicts, Umeshbhai Bharwad, Rajkumar, Harshad and Prakashbhai Rathod, are serving a 10-year jail term for arson and rioting. They were convicted by the Gujarat High Court. "The conviction order is debatable," the Supreme Court said while granting them bail on Tuesday.