A special court in Anand, Gujarat today awarded life imprisonment to nine people in the 2002 Ode village riots case. Three persons of minority community were burnt alive in the case. Special court judge R M Sarin convicted the nine accused under the charges of murder, rioting and criminal conspiracy and awarded life imprisonment to them.The court also awarded six months imprisonment to one accused who has been convicted for voluntarily causinghurt to the victims.

The court acquitted 17 people saying that they were not involved in the case while 13 others were given benefit of doubt.

Three persons of minority community were killed in Malva Bhagol area of Ode village on March 1, 2002 as part of state-wide repercussions of Godhra train burning incident of February 27, 2002.