Gujarat High Court rejects Zakia Jafri's plea against clean chit to Modi in 2002 riots

The court also dismissed Jafri’s allegation against the accused that the riots were part of a larger conspiracy.

However, allowed Zakia to approach higher forums for further investigation in the case.

“The trial court has self-limited itself in saying that further investigation, in this case, can’t be ordered. This order of lower court deserves interference. So, the petitioner can raise the issue before the concerned court that is the same magisterial court, the division bench of the high court or supreme court,” Justice Sonia Gokani said.

The court observed that the magisterial court, which first accepted the closure report, was wrong in its judgment that it didn’t have the power to order a fresh investigation.

“The court doesn’t believe in the larger conspiracy theory propounded by the petitioners as the supreme court has monitored the investigation,” Justice Gokani said.

Zakia had moved the high court in 2014 against a closure report filed by Supreme Court-appointed SIT on the issue of a larger criminal conspiracy involving Modi and others behind 2002 riots cases.

Her husband Ahsan Jafri was among the 69 victims in the Gulbarga Society arson. .

The SIT had filed a closure report against Modi and other accused after an investigation. It said that there was not enough material to prosecute