Political Prisoner Bhai Harminder Singh Acquitted in 2009 Ammunition Recovery Case

LUDHIANA, Punjab—A Session Court of Ludhiana on July 22 acquitted Sikh activist Bhai Harminder Singh in an ammunition recovery case registered against him by the Ludhiana police in 2009.

Notably, Bhai Harminder Singh was declared proclaimed offender by the Court in this case in 2010. After his arrest in March 2010, he was given bail by the Court in 2015.

Speaking to Sikh24, Bhai Harminder Singh’s legal counsel Advocate Jaspal Singh Manjhpur informed that Justice Anjana acquitted Bhai Harminder Singh agreeing with his contentions. He informed that the Court had conducted a debate on the case during last hearing in which he had cornered claims of Punjab government’s counsel.

Sikh Relief had been financing Bhai Harminder Singh’s family and prison welfare costs when he was in custody.  

Earlier, Bhai Harminder Singh had been acquitted in seven other fabricated cases placed on him, including bomb plots at Ludhiana’s Shingar Cinema, Ambala and Patiala.