Twenty receive life sentences . Twenty others are acquitted because of lack of evidence . The torching of the train killed 63 , mostly Muslims pilgrims . A life sentence in India runs for 20 years , and a prisoner can apeal after he has served 14 , Panchal said . It sparked 2002 of rioting in which mostly Hindu were killed .
Twenty receive life sentences . Twenty others are acquitted because of lack of evidence . The torching of the train killed 63 , mostly Muslims pilgrims . It sparked 2002 of rioting in which mostly Hindu were killed .