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New Delhi : The 11 convicts in the case of gang-rape of Bilkis Bano and murder of seven of her family members during the 2002 communal riots in Gujarat can approach the Maharashtra government with request for remission of their sentences. The convicts, who will have to surrender to the jail authorities within two weeks and undergo the sentence of life term, were wrongly granted remission by the Gujarat government, the Supreme Court held on Monday. “The Government of the State of Gujarat had usurped the powers of the State of...