The special court of Ahmedbad has once again deferred the judgment on the quantum of punishment to the 24 convicts in the Gulberg Society massacre case till Friday. As the hearing started today, the prosecution requested the court for more time due to which the court deferred the judgement till Friday.<br/><br/>During the hearing last week, the defence lawyer Abhay Bharadwaj had asked the court to give the convicts an opportunity to reform by awarding them lesser punishment. While the special public prosecutor RC Kodekar had demanded the capital punishment or life imprisonment to all the 24 convicted victims. <br/> <br/>The special court on 2nd June convicted 24 persons in the Gulberg Society case while it acquitted 36 persons. Among the 24 convicted, 11 have been charged Out of the 24 convicts, 11 were held guilty for murder and the rest for rioting, unlawful assembly and arson among other charges. 69 people including former Congress MP Ehsan Jafree were killed in the Gulberg Society massacre in 2002.

The special court of Ahmedbad has once again deferred the judgment on the quantum of punishment to the 24 convicts in the Gulberg Society massacre case till Friday. On Friday, the defence lawyer Abhay Bharadwaj had asked the court to give the convicts an opportunity to reform by awarding them lesser punishment. While the special public prosecutor RC Kodekar had demanded the capital punishment or life imprisonment to all the 24 convicted victims. <br/><br/>The special court on 2nd June convicted 24 persons in the Gulberg Society case while it acquitted 36 persons. Among the 24 convicted, 11 have been charged Out of the 24 convicts, 11 were held guilty for murder and the rest for rioting, unlawful assembly and arson among other charges. 69 people including former Congress MP Ehsan Jafree were killed in the Gulberg Society massacre in 2002.