SC junks Bilkis Bano convicts’ bail pleas

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed interim bail petitions filed by two men – Radheyshyam Bhagwandas and Rajubhai Babulal – who had been convicted of raping Bilkis Bano and killing her family during the 2002 riots in Gujarat’s Godhra. Bhagwandas and Babualal had sought temporary release till the top court ruled on a