Sikh Protest outside Downing Street London.

Protesters have staged a protest outside Downing Street London for the past few weeks, they are demanding the release of Professor Davinder Singh Bhullar.

 

SENTENCED TO DEATH BY the SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
BASIS: PROOF BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT A GUIDELINE NOT A FETISH PROCEDURE IS THE HANDMAIDEN NOT MISTRESS OF LAW
EVIDENCE: AN ALLEGED FABRICATED CONFESSION ON BLANK PAPERS SIGNED UNDER TORTURE AND THREAT OF DEATH

Davinderpal Singh Bullar

The sentence of death was upheld in August 2002 by majority of the Supreme Court of India, on 42 year old Professor Davinderpal Singh Bhullar. The case against him is based on an unsubstantiated confession allegedly obtained under torture and threat of death. Despite this the two judges who upheld the death sentence have found this confession admissible. The presiding judge of the three-judge bench however acquitted the accused, finding that he was not guilty of participating in the 1993 car bomb attack in New Delhi targeting the then Youth Congress leader M S Bitta and too much doubt remained on the authenticity of the alleged ‘confession’ to the police. However, in stark contrast, the other two judges convicted him arguing, extraordinarily that proof “beyond reasonable doubt” should be a “guideline, not a fetish.” And that procedure is only “a handmaiden and not the mistress of law.”
http://www.prisonerwelfare.com/prof-devinderpal-singh-bhullar/

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