Bhullar hanging: SC notice to Centre, Delhi govt

Last Updated: Monday, July 11, 2011, 16:34

Tags: Devender Pal Singh Bhullar, Supreme Court, Delhi government

Bhullar hanging: SC notice to Centre, Delhi govt

Zeenews Bureau

New Delhi: The Supreme Court, Monday, issued notice to Centre and Delhi government on a writ petition filed by the wife of Devender Pal Singh Bhullar, a convict in the 1993 Delhi car bomb blast case.

Bhullar’s wife Navneet Kaur has sought the quashing of the rejection order, stay of execution and a direction to commute the death sentence to life imprisonment.

The apex court has demanded both Centre and Delhi government’s opinion on the case of Bhullar’s plea of commuting the death sentence to life imprisonment. The move will automatically put a stay on death sentence given to Bhullar till the apex body announces its decision.

Bhullar, a Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) terrorist was sentenced to death for a 1993 car bomb attack that killed 12 people and injured 29.

Earlier, President Pratibha Patil had rejected the mercy petition of Bhullar on the death row and the report was sent to the Home Ministry.

Bhullar was the mastermind of a car bomb attack on Bitta in front of 5, Raisina Road office of the Youth Congress Sep 11, 1993.

The daring RDX blast in the heart of New Delhi had shocked the nation and prompted Bitta to set up the Anti-Terrorist Front.

Bhullar was deported back to India from Germany in 1995 and has been lodged in the high security ward in the Tihar Jail.

He was sentenced to death on Aug 25, 2001 and the Supreme Court dismissed his special leave petition Dec 27, 2006.

First Published: Monday, July 11, 2011, 16:34

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Ajit Singh - Toronto
looking at many of these comments describing indian government as hopeless,shameless,double standards etc. none of these is sufficient.the only word that best describe thetrue nature of this congress government gandhi`s party is:``evil`` . only the evil, coward, and,arrogant people would think of anyone murdering any person in custody.the other thing very clear from all these comments is that all the hindu commemtators are for death penlty,while all the sikh commentators are against death penlty.in maharaja ranjit singh`s rule of half a century no one of any religious background was hanged, because sikh gurus taught us it is a crime against human dignity and is regarded as such by all the civilised people the world over.the government already killed mr. bhullar`s father and his maternal uncle as a extra judicial killing. if this evil government kill one more innocent sikh with their corrupt and highly unjust `justice system,it will not save them from disintegrating india that is sure to occur sooner or later.

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Deepanshu Kohli - Chandigarh
shouldn`t you all be ashamed sitting in canada and uk and passing comments on indian system. you people still say innocent sikhs were killed, i whole heartdly accept this thing that whatever happened was not good. but then y a sikh killed indira gandhi, was she at fault when she was trying to save the nation. kitna asla barood mila tha wahan se ye ap sab jante ho bas manna nahi hai is bat ko and always ready to put the blame on indian govt... wasn`t hindu`s killed in that massacre?

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yui - india
singh jamme ne khnde di dhar vicho......

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Kanwal jit Singh Gill - Surrey, Canada
out of three judges, one found mr. bhullar not guilty. that means there is 33% doubt. to give death sentences the judges should be 100% sure. there should be no death sentence to mr. bhullar according to international standards where three judges can`t agree. another thing is why double standards in indian justice system. all the guilty congress leaders who killed thousands of innocent sikhs in 1984 sikh genocide are walking around freely. none of them given death sentence or spent a night in jail. and here mr. bhullar doubtful guilty person has spent 16 years in jail and given death sentence. shouldn`t indian justice system be ashamed of its double standards of justice.

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Raaj Kaur - U.K
who killed the thousands of sikhs in 1984? where are the killers of who murdered thousands of innocent sikhs? have they been jailed? have they been uted? no!! india is not a world leader with regards to democracy, far from it! sikhs like proffesor bhullar are widely persecuted and treated as second class citezens despite being saviours of this land. proffesor bhullar has been falsy imprisoned, the case against him is based on a confession allegedly obtained under tourture and treat of death! he has already served two life sentances in jail! where is the justice for him? where is the justice for the sikh? shame on the indian goverment, shame on you!!

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abhishek - delhi
chalo one terrorist is been hanged now what abt others?

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Deepanshu Kohli - chandigarh
it`s another case of hopeless indian govt. when a death sentence has been given then all the mercy plea should automatically be rejected. this is just a another move by him to extend his death sentence by few more years.again the process will be followed and will take atleast 5-6 years.

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SRIKANT SARANGI - ORISSA
if the acused repent for his doing and there is change in his attitude then he may not be hanged. because people will learn from his mistake.

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Santosh - Hyderabad
bhullar has been awarded death penality and it needs to be uted. all the politicians of cong i who were involved in 1984 riots also need to be hanged.

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Jaspreet - U.K.
hi, if someone already spent 18years behind prison. how can death sentenced to him. according to law if someone found guilty in murdered case either he/she get death panalty or 14years jailed. secondly, what about 84riots responsible dogs (tytlor & sajjan kumar) no punishment to them than why to bhullar?

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Ajit - Bihar
why seeking excuse mr/ms jaspreet .all of them are criminals .they need to be hanged.dont waste time on these matters.

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Sumit - New Delhi
jaspreet, 14 years jail was long time back. now in india life imprisonment means whole life till death. once mercy petition is rejected by preseident, there is nothing government or court can do.