Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, June 2
Gurmeet Singh, convicted within the assassination case of former CM Beant Singh, was granted bail by a Chandigarh courtroom on Friday.
The courtroom of Chief Judicial Magistrate Aman Inder Singh Sandhu granted him bail on two sureties of Rs 2 lakh every.
Six jailed in 2007
- In May, convict Lakhwinder Singh, alias Lakha, was additionally launched from the Model Burail Jail
- A CBI courtroom had on August 1, 2007, sentenced six individuals to life imprisonment
Advocates Jaspal Singh Manjhpur and Dilsher Singh Jandiala had filed the applying in view of the order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court handed in January 2023 to grant bail to all these convicts who had accomplished their life sentences, however the determination almost about their everlasting launch was pending earlier than the competent authorities.
Earlier, Lakhwinder Singh, alias Lakha, one other convict, was launched from the Model Burail Jail on bail in May 2023 by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, in compliance with the excessive courtroom’s order.
Lodged within the Burail Jail, Gurmeet had sought launch on the grounds that he had already accomplished round 27 years of his sentence within the case. He additionally contended that he shouldn’t be discriminated towards as a result of varied different life convicts had already been launched on completion of their 14-year sentence.
“The case was forwarded by the Additional Inspector General of Prisons, UT, with the request to take determination relating to his untimely launch. The HC had granted three months’ time which expired on May 20. However, until date, no determination has been taken by the federal government. As such, the convict is entitled to be launched on bail,” mentioned the courtroom.
