Toggle navigation. Beant Singh Assassination Case. Beant Singh. The court held that Rajoana was closely involved with the planning and execution of the assassination, having tied the belt with RDX on it around Dilawar Singh. A spare belt, which he intended to use, was in his scooter, which was recovered on his arrest. Sondhi detailed the exact role played by each of the conspirators. Hawara appealed against the judgment and his sentence was commuted to a life term in , but Rajoana refused to appeal against his death.
He wrote to the Punjab and Haryana High Court requesting the execution of his death sentence, which the court upheld later that same month. Rajoana was to be hanged in Patiala jail where he had been shifted from Chandigarh on 31 March.
As death warrants sparked protests in the state, Rajoana readied for the sentence, pledging to donate his eyes and other organs. He wrote to the jathedar chief of the Akal Takht the supreme temporal seat of the Sikhs wishing to take a dip in the holy sarovar of the Golden Temple.
The then jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh met Rajoana in jail and handed him the holy water, also trying to convince Rajoana to appeal for clemency.
Rajona was in the news again in December when he attacked senior journalist Kanwar Sandhu, when the latter tried to meet him in Patiala jail for an interview. Rajoana was upset with Sandhu for reporting what he claimed to be a falsehood. India needs free, fair, non-hyphenated and questioning journalism even more as it faces multiple crises.
But the news media is in a crisis of its own. Also in the list of eight was Balbir Singh who was already out on bail in the case where he was convicted in Punjab in a case involving offences under IPC and under Sections of Explosives Act.
The case was registered at Raikot police station in Ludhiana in June Harjinder, a native of Lalton Khurd village in Ludhiana district, and others were accused in a Rs 5.
But he was acquitted of all charges. However, the list of prisoners recommended for special remission by Centre read Harjinder Singh who was sentenced 10 years rigorous imprisonment, was currently on bail granted by the SC on January 12, Click here to join our channel indianexpress and stay updated with the latest headlines.
Navjeevan Gopal The Supreme Court on Monday directed the central government to take a call within 14 days on the mercy plea of Balwant Singh Rajoana. Solicitor general Tushar Mehta, representing the Centre, had asked for two week time to decide on the petition. However, the top court said that three weeks is unreasonable and granted the Centre two weeks. On January 8, the SC had told the Centre that the central govermment should take a decision on mercy pleas seeking commutation of death penalty before January Koi maafi ki nahi gai sentence has not been commuted.
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