The Gujarat government's remission order was without application of mind, a top court bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan said and asked whether "heinous crimes against women permit remission" whatever faith she may follow or creed she may belong to.

"The Supreme Court has taken a very good decision and I want to congratulate the apex court for it as the decision (of the Gujarat government) was wrong," Abdullah told reporters on the sidelines of a public meeting at Baran village in Bhalwal block on the outskirts of Jammu.

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He also said people know who welcomed the convicts with sweets after their release from prison following the grant of remission.

"How does one feel seeing her rapists released.... The Gujarat government will implement the court order and provide justice to her," the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said, adding, "What had happened was wrong and we have to fight for it." 

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