Recently, the Supreme Court rejected the bail pleas of three convicts serving life term in the 2002 Godhra train burning case.

This incident played a pivotal role in triggering one of the most severe instances of communal violence in Gujarat, and the Court classified it as an exceptionally grave occurrence.

"The incident is also a very serious incident. It is not a question of an isolated person being murdered," a bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud observed, adding that specific roles have been attributed to these convicts.

The bench comprising CJI DY Chandracud , Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, said it will list the appeals challenging the Gujarat High Court verdict in the case before an appropriate bench.

Further, the Court refused to grant bail to the convicts Saukat Yusuf Ismail Mohan, Bilal Abdullah Ismail Badam Ghanchi, and Siddik, citing that it was not appropriate to release them on bail "at this point in time".

Senior advocate Sanjay Hegde, appearing for the convicts, submitted that accused awarded life term by the trial court and, while one of them is in custody for over 17 years and six months, another is in jail for 20 years.

"Having regard to the specific role which is attributed to the appellants, at this stage, we are not inclined to enlarge the appellants on bail," the bench said.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Gujarat government, referred to the findings of the trial court against the three convicts and said one of them was among the "main conspirators" who instigated a mob which was carrying deadly weapons.

"All these three have active roles," the bench observed.

The high court had upheld the life term awarded to the three convicts by the trial court and their appeals are pending before the apex court.

Earlier, in April, the Supreme Court has granted bail to eight people sentenced to life imprisonment in the case.

The convicts who were granted bail in April were - - Abdul Sattar Ibrahim Gaddi Asla, Yunus Abdul Hakk Samol, Mohammad Hanif Abdulla Moulvi Badam, Abdul Rauf Abdul Majid Isa, Ibrahim Abdulrazak Abdul Sattar Samol, Ayub Abdul Gani Ismail Pataliya, Soheb Yusuf Ahmed Kalandar and Suleman Ahmad Hussain