Further Principal Choose DD Thakkar pronounced the order on the bail pleas after deferring it 3 times previously week.
The 2 accused, who had been arrested in late June and are presently lodged in jail beneath judicial custody, have denied the costs.
The federal government had shaped a Particular Investigation Workforce (SIT), which was shaped to probe the case.
Other than Setalvad and Sreekumar, former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt can be an accused within the case and has been arrested.
The trio has been arrested by the crime department, which had filed a First Data Report (FIR) in opposition to them beneath Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 468 (forgery for objective of dishonest) and 194 (giving or fabricating false proof with intent to obtain conviction for capital offence).
In its affidavit, the SIT has alleged that they had been half of a bigger conspiracy carried out on the behest of late Congress chief Ahmed Patel to destabilise the then Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) authorities led by Narendra Modi.
It has alleged that Setalvad was paid Rs 30 lakh at Patel’s behest quickly after the Godhra prepare burning incident of 2002. Sreekumar was a “disgruntled authorities officer” who “abused the method for damning the elected representatives, forms and police administration of the entire state of Gujarat for ulterior functions”, the SIT claimed.
The FIR in opposition to Setalvad, Sreekumar and Bhatt was registered after the Supreme Courtroom final month dismissed the plea filed by Zakia Jafri, widow of former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri who was killed through the 2002 Gujarat riots. Her plea had alleged a “bigger conspiracy” behind the post-Godhra riots.
On February 8, 2012, the SIT filed a closure report giving a clear chit to Prime Minister Modi and 63 others, together with senior authorities officers, saying there was “no prosecutable proof” in opposition to them. The highest courtroom on June 24 this 12 months upheld the SIT’s clear chit to Modi and 63 others.
(With inputs from PTI)