Bilkis convict accused of outraging modesty while out on parole

Records show that two of the convicts accused – Ramesh Chandana, 58, and Mitesh Bhatt, 57 – had offences registered against them during their tenure of imprisonment.

Even as the Dahod SP agreed to the early release of 10 of the 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case earlier this year, records show that two of the convicts – Ramesh Chandana, 58, and Mitesh Bhatt, 57 – had offences registered against them while they were serving their sentences.

Relying on Mitesh’s undertaking that he will abide by the court’s decision in the said case, the Dahod SP had concluded, “So that to consider law and order situation as per rules, interim no objection against premature release of prisoner…Mitesh Bhatt…”