The Special Investigation team has decided to seek the Supreme Court's guidance on Kodnani death penalty issue in Gujarat. The decision comes after the reported U-turn by the Gujarat government on the death penalty for former minister Maya Kodnani and nine others, convicted in 2002 Naroda Patiya riot case in which 96 people were killed.

A top SIT official said in Ahmedabad that they will file an application very soon before the special bench of the Supreme Court apprising it about the recent Gujarat Government's decision to withdraw the sanction for filing appeal in the Naroda Patiya case. He , however, said they are not filing any petition but only seeking the Apex courts judicial guidance as they are Supreme Court appointed officers for the case.

The Gujarat government on Monday had said it has withheld its decision to seek death penalty for former minister Kodnani, Babu Bajrangi and eight others in the riot case.Earlier, the state government had given its consent to Supreme Court-appointed SIT to file an appeal in the High Court seeking capital punishment for Kodnani, Bajrangi and others, who were awarded life term by a lower court. State Finance Minister and spokesperson Nitin Patel had said a final decision will be taken after advocate general
gives his opinion.