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Bhullar’s lawyer sought a discount on the grounds that he is suffering from acute schizophrenia and is undergoing treatment. Justice Girish Kathpalia said that treatment is available in jail,
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has asked Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar to surrender the 1993 bomb blast. Bhullar is currently on parole and his parole was ending on Friday. The Delhi High Court on Friday asked Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar, convicted of the 1993 Delhi bomb blast, to surrender to the jail officials. However, Bhullar’s lawyer sought a discount on the grounds that he is suffering from acute schizophrenia and is undergoing treatment. Justice Girish Kathpalia said that treatment is available in jail, that too. You surrender
Petition demanded for exemption from surrender
When the judge asked Bhullar’s lawyer, he agreed to withdraw the petition seeking exemption from surrender. The court registered in its order that after partial presentations, Bhullar’s lawyer demanded withdrawal of the petition and assured that Bhullar would surrender during the day. The lawyer said that the application has been withdrawn. Bhullar’s lawyer said that his client did not even go to the barrack and always stayed in the hospital. Even after coming out on parole, he used to register his attendance every week in the hospital associated with the jail.
The bomb was also thrown at the then Youth Congress President MS Bitta
The lawyer said that it is a case of staying in jail for 30 years and the law also says that he is entitled to relief for heinous crimes. However, the court referred to the petition of premature release of Bhullar under consideration but said that he cannot surrender. He has never violated the relief of parole given to him. Bhullar has filed an application in his pending petition against rejection of premature release. Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) terrorist Bhullar was convicted for killing nine people in the blast and injuring 31, including the then Youth Congress President MS Bitta. He was convicted for bombing in Delhi in September 1993. He was arrested in this case in 1995. Bhullar was sentenced to death by a TADA court in August 2001.
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