<p>The Mumbai Sessions Court on Tuesday acquitted two accused in Best Bakery case of Vadodara - in which 14 persons were killed during the post-Godhra incident communal riots in Gujarat in 2002. </p>.<p>Additional Sessions Judge M G Deshpande acquitted Harshad Solanki and Mafat Gohil for lack of evidence. </p>.<p>Harshad and Mafat were facing multiple charges like murder, attempt to murder and destruction of evidence. </p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/kanjhawala-hit-and-drag-case-court-grants-bail-to-accused-deepak-khanna-1218537.html" target="_blank">Kanjhawala hit-and-drag case: Court grants bail to accused Deepak Khanna</a></strong></p>.<p>Two other accused in the case Jayantibhai Gohil and Ramesh alias Rinku Gohil - died in jail pending trial.</p>.<p>On March 1, 2002, two days after the February, 27, 2002 Godhra train carnage, a mob attacked Best Bakery in the Hanuman Tekri area of Vadodara during which the bakery was burnt and 14 people were killed. </p>.<p>The mob targeted the Muslims inside, including the Shaikh family that ran the bakery.</p>.<p>On June 27, 2003, a Vadodara court acquitted all the 21 accused - arrested by the Gujarat police - after the witnesses turned hostile.</p>.<p>However, one of the victims, Zahira Shaikh along with an NGO moved the Supreme Court against the verdict, after which the apex court had ordered a re-investigation, retrial and transferred the case to Mumbai court.</p>.<p>In the first part of the trial, acquitted 8 and sentenced 9 to life imprisonment in 2006.</p>.<p>However, Gohil and Solanki, who were absconding and only in 2013, were included in the second part of the trial. </p>
<p>The Mumbai Sessions Court on Tuesday acquitted two accused in Best Bakery case of Vadodara - in which 14 persons were killed during the post-Godhra incident communal riots in Gujarat in 2002. </p>.<p>Additional Sessions Judge M G Deshpande acquitted Harshad Solanki and Mafat Gohil for lack of evidence. </p>.<p>Harshad and Mafat were facing multiple charges like murder, attempt to murder and destruction of evidence. </p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/kanjhawala-hit-and-drag-case-court-grants-bail-to-accused-deepak-khanna-1218537.html" target="_blank">Kanjhawala hit-and-drag case: Court grants bail to accused Deepak Khanna</a></strong></p>.<p>Two other accused in the case Jayantibhai Gohil and Ramesh alias Rinku Gohil - died in jail pending trial.</p>.<p>On March 1, 2002, two days after the February, 27, 2002 Godhra train carnage, a mob attacked Best Bakery in the Hanuman Tekri area of Vadodara during which the bakery was burnt and 14 people were killed. </p>.<p>The mob targeted the Muslims inside, including the Shaikh family that ran the bakery.</p>.<p>On June 27, 2003, a Vadodara court acquitted all the 21 accused - arrested by the Gujarat police - after the witnesses turned hostile.</p>.<p>However, one of the victims, Zahira Shaikh along with an NGO moved the Supreme Court against the verdict, after which the apex court had ordered a re-investigation, retrial and transferred the case to Mumbai court.</p>.<p>In the first part of the trial, acquitted 8 and sentenced 9 to life imprisonment in 2006.</p>.<p>However, Gohil and Solanki, who were absconding and only in 2013, were included in the second part of the trial. </p>