Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his son Sukhbir Singh Badal, who is his deputy, will meet the Prime Minister today to discuss the fallout of the Supreme Court judgment rejecting militant Devender Pal Singh Bhullar’s petition that his death sentence be commuted to life. The Shiromani Akali Dal-led government in Punjab has said that it fears a law and order situation in the state if Bhullar is executed.
Bhullar has been sentenced to death for killing nine people with a car bomb in 2009 in Delhi.
In a landmark judgment that will affect not just Bhullar but 16 other prisoners on death row, the Supreme Court ruled last week that a delay in decision on his mercy petition does not mean that the death sentence awarded to Bhullar will be changed to life imprisonment. Bhullar’s lawyer H S Phoolka is expected to file a petition in the Supreme Court this week to seek mercy for the militant.
News Source: NDTV
