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Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar (born 26 May 1965 in Punjab, India) is a convict in 1993 Delhi bomb blast case, whose death sentence has been commuted to life imprisonment by the Supreme Court of India on 31 March 2014. An engineering teacher by profession, he taught in Ludhiana before his conviction for a bomb blast in Delhi. He was declared guilty (under India's Terrorism and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act TADA which has been widely criticised by human rights organisations as it contained provisions violating human rights) of killing nine bystanders in a 1993 car bombing intended to kill politician Maninderjeet Singh Bitta, and sentenced to death by hanging by a split decision, that remains controversial in human rights circles. The Supreme Court of India commuted his death sentence to Life Imprisonment on March 31, 2014, both on the ground of unexplained/inordinate delay of 8 years in disposal of mercy petition and on the ground of insanity/mental illness/schizophrenia.〔 ==Crime== On 11 September 1993, a car bomb exploded outside the offices of the Indian Youth Congress on Raisina Road in New Delhi, killing nine people. The remote-controlled bomb used RDX as explosive. The primary target for the mid-day bombing was identified as Maninder Singh Bitta, a vocal critic of Khalistani separatists, who was leaving the Youth Congress offices in his car. Bitta survived the attack with shrapnel wounds to his chest. However, two of Bitta's body guards were killed. After investigation, authorities named Bhullar as the bomber responsible for the 1993 Raisina Road car bomb. Bhullar's sympathizers argue that he was targeted solely for supporting the Khalistani separatist cause and for speaking out against injustices in Punjab during the 1980s, in particular students missing after police encounters, Operation Woodrose and the 1984 riots. The prosecution claimed that he was part of the proscribed terrorist and separatist organization, Khalistan Liberation Force. However, his family and friends deny this claim.〔http://www.indianexpress.com/news/ludhiana-college-remembers-a-quiet-village-boy-with-no-leadership-qualities/1104243/〕 The two judges who upheld the death sentence have found his 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 and too much doubt remained on the authenticity of the alleged confession to the Punjab police. However, the other two judges convicted him, arguing that proof “beyond reasonable doubt” should be a “guideline, not a fetish”.〔http://barandbench.com/comment/41209〕 Bhullar was named responsible based on his confession; but the defense claims that it was taken under duress. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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