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She was tried in the Naroda Patiya massacre case and, on 31 August 2012, convicted of murder and conspiracy to commit murder and sentenced to 28 years in prison. The court judgement called her the "kingpin of the Naroda Patiya massacre." Kodnani continued to maintain her innocence, claiming that she
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Kodnani was convicted of orchestrating the Naroda Gam and Naroda Patiya massacres of the 2002 Gujarat riots on 28 February 2002, in which 97 Muslims, including 36 women and 35 children, were murdered by stabbing, dismemberment and being burned alive individually as well as in groups. Witnesses
293:. On 30 July 2014, Gujarat High Court granted bail to her on grounds of ill health and suspended her prison sentence. On 20 April 2018, the High Court overturned the trial court's findings and acquitted Maya Kodnani, while upholding the conviction of Suresh Richard and Prakash Rathod.
258:'s journalists on spy camera that Kodnani drove around Naroda all day, urging the mob to hunt Muslims down and kill them. Mobile phone records also placed her at the scene and showed her to be in regular communication with the top police officials, the Home Minister
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Gujarat government filed an appeal in the High Court seeking the death penalty for Kodnani but withdrew it on 14 May. In November 2013, she was granted an interim bail of three months for treatment of intestinal
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Kodnani ignored notices for deposition by the SIT, which declared her an absconder in
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725:"Supreme Court refuses to grant Maya Kodnani extension of Bail"
641:"Naroda Patiya case: Mayaben Kodnani's fate hangs in balance"
584:"Naroda verdict may spell trouble for top cops, ex-minister"
437:"For Maya Kodnani, riots memories turn her smile into gloom"
531:"Indian nationalist MP gets 28 years for 2002 massacre"
345:"Gujarat riots: BJP's Maya Kodnani jailed for 28 years"
270:-led Special Investigation Team (SIT) appointed by the
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