(MENAFN- The Peninsula) The Supreme Court yesterday spared a Sikh militant convicted of a deadly car bombing two decades ago from execution, citing his mental illness and lengthy delays in deciding on his plea for mercy.
The court commuted Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar's death sentence to life in jail. Bhullar has been languishing on death row since he was convicted of the 1993 car bombing in New Delhi that killed nine people and injured more than 20
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