Commute Bhullar's death sentence: Amarinder

Last Updated: Sunday, May 29, 2011, 20:03

Tags: Bhullar, death sentence, Amarinder Singh

Chandigarh: After SAD sought the PM's intervention in showing mercy to Khalistan militant Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar, former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday favoured commuting his death sentence to life in prison.

President Pratibha Patil on May 26 rejected the mercy petition of Bhullar, a member of Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF).

"I feel killing a man is not going to solve the problem. By killing a man you can't solve the problem," Amarinder, who is also President of Punjab Congress, told reporters here.

With Punjab set to have Assembly elections early next year, Amarinder said that his views were in his personal capacity and not that of the party.

While asserting that there was no doubt about the crime committed (by Bhullar), Amarinder maintained it was his personal view, and said "let him (Bhullar) stay in jail forever and give him life sentence".

He pointed out that Bhullar was already in jail for ten years, of which the militant spent eight years under death row. These factors should have been taken into consideration while taking final decision on his mercy petition, he said.

"I cannot comment on other cases. The matters are sub-judice," he said, when asked about his stance on similar other cases.

He said that in Bhullar's case the judicial process had been completed.

On SAD seeking the Prime Minister's intervention, Amarinder said he was not aware about it.

PTI

First Published: Sunday, May 29, 2011, 20:03

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shri r r tripathi - bhiwandi
if once father is eliminated , and being a government officer even no probe of his so called missing was conducted ,then what ason like professor bhuller like to do. i suggest this case of commuting bhuller is absolutely a fit case for mercy and needed to be petied upon .

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vimal bhardwaj - delhi
If we talk about death sentence in our it is very rare but if ask to leave Bhullar on the humanity ground then where was it when a poor man Dhananjay was hanged and his family is completely ruined now ?We all know that cases are framed by police and police is rarely impartial.They can easily prove a poor guilty and a rich and influential innocent(see Nithari players Koli has got death penalty in 4 cases but Pandher in none).So the chances of Dhananjay being a rapist and murderer in my view are very few.But then no politically party or leader wrote a letter to PM asking to pardon a man who had spent 14 years in jail decently.Probably Dhananjay was of no use for politians or Buddhadev Bhattacharya might have been to gain by his death.

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Arvinder singh - delhi
Aap bhuller ke bare mein aap death sentence lagane ki Favour kar rahe hai, lekin double standards nahi hone chahia, Dara singh ne graham staines aur uske bachon o raat men station wagon men unko jala dia, itne bare crime ka lia LIFE IMPRISONMENT dia gia aisa kion. Doosra 1984 Sikh Riots mein 5000 sikh mare gaye lekin kisi ko koi Death sentence nahi.2003 mein Gujrat riots koi Death sentence nahi, 2007 mein Orrisa mein christian riots koi Death sentence nahi.