New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the review petition of 1993 Delhi blast accused, Prof Devender Pal Singh Bhullar. Bhullar is on death row for his hand in the 1993 Delhi blasts , he is convicted without evidence. Prof Bhullar was sentenced to death by a trial court on August 25, 2001. President Pranab Mukherjee had earlier rejected Bhullar’s mercy plea. Press Council of India chairperson Justice Markandey Katju had written to President Pranab Mukherjee seeking pardon for Prof Devender Pal Singh Bhullar. Katju had said that Bhullar had been having some chronic psychiatric problem and sought pardon for him. The Shiromani Akali Dal and the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee had also appealed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking a commutation of death sentence of Prof Bullar to life imprisonment. Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal had said that the case deserved a review because of Bhullar’s deteriorating mental health and for communal harmony in Punjab and the rest of the country.
Posted on: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 03:39:55 +0000
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