“If you are granting bail to the convicts, you are making a mockery of punishment. They are in and out of jail, or on parole. What kind of punishment is this?” asked Bilawar Umrao Sayyed, a witness in the Naroda Patiya riots case.
Survivors came together for a commemoration on Saturday marking the 13th anniversary of the 2002 post-Godhra riots.
Many of those affected by the carnage on Saturday questioned the granting of bail to the accused.
They also condemned the reinstatement of several police officers. Last July, the Gujarat High Court granted bail to former minister Maya Kodnani, convicted in the 2002 Naroda Patiya riots case on grounds of ill health.
At a protest organised by the Jan Sanghrash Manch, victims and activists criticised the Narendra Modi government at the Centre.
