Bureau report : The Review Board will have to decide within 4 weeks about the release of Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar, who has been serving the sentence of Delhi Bomb blast for 27 years. The board has informed the Punjab Haryana High Court that the review board will take a decision on the pardon of the prisoners within 1 month. On 14 December 2022, the case of Bhullar’s release came before the board again. In January, when a hearing was held in the Punjab Haryana High Court, the court was told how many times the release petition of Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar has been rejected by the board. The Punjab Haryana High Court will now hear the matter on October 18.
When Bhullar could not be released despite repeatedly fulfilling the conditions of the board, Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar filed a petition in the Punjab Haryana High Court for pre-mature release.
Bhullar had said in his petition that he has been in jail for the past 27 years. According to Delhi’s jail manual, it is necessary to spend 14 years in jail without any exemption and 20 years in jail with exemption, but he is 27 years old. are in jail since
Bhullar’s name was in the release list of Sikh prisoners
In the list prepared for the release of Sikh prisoners on the 550th birth anniversary of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs wrote a letter to the Chief Secretary of Delhi on 29 September 2019, including the information of 8 prisoners facing life imprisonment including Bhullar. asked for The Center had directed the Chief Secretary of Delhi to take all necessary action for Bhullar’s release. But the Delhi government’s Punishment Review Board had not taken any decision on the premature release of Davinder Pal Singh Bhullar from Tihar Jail. After this, he filed a petition for premature release in the High Court.
Head of the Sentencing Review Board
The Tihar Jail Superintendent filed a status report on January 25 as per the orders of the Punjab Haryana High Court. Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi government minister Satyendra Jain headed the Punishment Review Board. However, there are other members in this board who are not under the influence of Aam Aadmi Party.
What is said in the Status Report?
According to the status report, the petitioner Bhullar has appealed for the 7th time before the Punishment Review Commission Board of Delhi Government for premature release. But every time the board has rejected it. It has been canceled twice in 2018, once in 2019, thrice in 2020 and postponed once in 2022. Once again on 14th December 2022 it has been placed before the board again. The result of the last meeting of the board has not been revealed so far.
Because of this, Bhullar’s report was rejected
The status report has said that the crime committed by Bhullar was anti-national and Bhullar was involved in terrorist incidents. The crime is serious and he was involved in other incidents as well. There is no provision for early release by the government and the court in such a crime.
Who is Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar?
Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar was sentenced to death in 2001. In the year 2014, the Supreme Court changed the death sentence to life imprisonment. Bhullar is in jail since 1995. In 2012, it was known whether he had become mentally ill after being in jail. Then he was treated in a hospital in Delhi. In 2015, on the appeal of the Punjab government, the Kejriwal government shifted him to a hospital in Amritsar in 2015. In 2016, the Punjab government allowed Bhullar to come out on parole. Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar was accused of blasting outside the Youth Congress office in Delhi in 1993. 9 people were killed in this blast. Bhullar’s target was then Youth Congress President Manjinder Singh Bitta.