Kalvakuntla Kavitha Writes to CJI on Release of Rape Convicts in Bilkis Bano Case

TRS leader and MLC  Kalvakuntla Kavitha has written a letter to the Chief Justice of India regarding the release of convicts in the Bilkis Bano rape case. In a letter addressed to the CJI NV Ramana, she said there is no clarity if substantive checks were made before the release of the rape convicts. 

“I implore the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India to save the nation’s faith in our laws and in humanity by intervening in this matter so that the decision of the release of the aforementioned convicts is withdrawn immediately,” the TRS leader urged Justice Ramana.

Bano was 21 at the time and five months pregnant when this heinous crime took place and to imagine her seeing her rapists walking free with impunity, then being garlanded and celebrated must have shattered her, Kavitha said.

My letter to Hon’ble #CJI regarding the release of the 11 convicts in the #BilkisBanoCase of 2002. Bilkis was 21 years old & 5 months pregnant at the time when this heinous crime took place.
I implore the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India to save the nation’s faith in our laws. pic.twitter.com/jT6mbEYuQR

— Kavitha Kalvakuntla (@RaoKavitha) August 19, 2022