The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to grant stay on the conviction of an IPS officer in the 2002 Bilkis Bano case. A vacation Bench of Justices AK Sikri and Deepak Gupta said that there was no urgency for hearing the matter as the convicted officer has already undergone the sentence. 
The apex court, however, listed the matter for hearing in the second week of July and observed that the fine is Rs 15,000 only.

RS Bhagora is currently serving in Gujarat after his conviction along with four other policemen by the Bombay High Court in the Bilkis Bano case.  The court on May 5 had upheld the life imprisonment of 11 men convicted for the gangrape of Bilkis Bano and murder of her family members during the 2002 Gujarat riots on March 3, 2002.