Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa has been campaigning for the release of seven Sikhs from Indian prisons. We are providing details of their cases for the benefit of our readers.
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NAME: | Gurmeet Singh |
| FATHERS NAME: | Jasvinder Singh | |
| FROM: | Guru Nanak Nagar, Patiala | |
| IMPRISONED IN: | Burail Jail, Chandigarh | |
| CASE DETAILS: | Gurmeet Singh was sentenced by the court of the Extra Sessions Judge Ravi Kumar in Chandigarh on 31st July 2007 under charges of 302, 307, 306, 120-B (I.P.C.) and 3, 4, 5 under the explosives act. He is serving a life sentence and has been in custody since 1995. He has now been in prison for 18 years. He has an impeccable record for good behaviour (whilst incarcerated). He has never been released from prison since arrest (even for day visits/short breaks etc). After his arrest he has never been named in any further criminal investigations. |
| NAME: | Lakhvinder Singh | |
| FATHERS NAME: | Darshan Singh | |
| FROM: | Guru Nanak Nagar, Patiala | |
| IMPRISONED IN: | Burail Jail, Chandigarh | |
| CASE DETAILS: | Lakhvinder Singh was sentenced by the court of the Extra Sessions Judge Ravi Kumar in Chandigarh on 31st July 2007 under charges of 302, 307, 306, 120-B (I.P.C.) and 3, 4, 5 under the explosives act. He is serving a life sentence and has been in custody since 1995. He has now been in prison for 18 years. He has an impeccable record for good behaviour (whilst incarcerated). He has never been released from prison since arrest (even for day visits/short breaks etc). After his arrest he has never been named in any further criminal investigations. |
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NAME: | Shamsher Singh |
| FATHERS NAME: | Surjeet Singh | |
| FROM: | Rapura, Distt: Patiala, Punjab | |
| IMPRISONED IN: | Burail Jail, Chandigarh | |
| CASE DETAILS: | Shamsher Singh was sentenced by the court of the Extra Sessions Judge Ravi Kumar in Chandigarh on 31st July 2007 under charges of 302, 307, 306, 120-B (I.P.C.) and 3, 4, 5 under the explosives act. He is serving a life sentence and has been in custody since 1995. He has now been in prison for 18 years. He has an impeccable record for good behaviour (whilst incarcerated). He has never been released from prison since arrest (even for day visits/short breaks etc). After his arrest he has never been named in any further criminal investigations. |
The point to note is that Gurmeet Singh, Lakhvinder Singh and Shamsher Singh have no previous criminal convictions and there is no suspicion that they would re-offend – this was duly noted when they were sentenced by the court. The court also stated that there is great hope that they will fully integrate into society as law abiding citizens after serving their sentences. (This was all at the time of sentencing them in 2007)
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NAME: | Lal Singh |
| FATHERS NAME: | Bhag Singh | |
| FROM: | Kapurthala, Punjab | |
| IMPRISONED IN: | Nabha Maximum Security Prison | |
| CASE DETAILS: | Laal Singh was sentenced by Special Judge C. K. Buch, at Mizarpur, Ahmedabad on 8th January 1997 under the TADA for offences 3 & 5, under the I.P.C. charges 120-B, explosives act – charges 5 and possession of weapons 25 (1)(I). He was arrested on 14th July 1992 and he is currently imprisoned in Nabha Maximum Security Prison. He has been imprisoned to a life sentence and in accordance with the law he has now served in excess of 21 years. Laal Singh has come out of prison for day visits/holidays on 20 separate occasions. He has an impeccable record for good behaviour whilst being imprisoned. After being arrested his name has never featured in any criminal investigations. The point to note is that both the Punjab and Haryana High Court(s) have sent notices to the Gujrat Government to pass judgement on freeing Bhai Sahib from prison indefinitely. (He was initially charged and found guilty in Gujarat, hence the requirement for the Gujrat state government to agree to his freeing). |
| NAME: | Waryam Singh | |
| FATHERS NAME: | Atma Singh | |
| FROM: | Distt: Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh | |
| IMPRISONED IN: | Bans Bareilly Jail, Uttar Pradesh | |
| CASE DETAILS: | Varyam Singh was sentenced by the Special Judge Peeleepeeth (U.P.) on 10th January, 1995 under TADA act offences 3 and 4 and I.P.C. charge of 120-B. He is undergoing a life sentence and has been incarcerated for approximately 24 years. After his arrest he has never been released from prison in any shape or form. He has an impeccable record for good behaviour and his name hasn’t featured in any further criminal investigations.The point to note is that Major Singh a co-defendant of Waryam Singh, was also sentenced to life and has been freed by the state government, whereas Varyam Singh is still imprisoned. |
| NAME: | Gurdeep Singh Khaira | |
| FATHERS NAME: | Banta Singh | |
| FROM: | Distt: Amritsar, Punjab | |
| IMPRISONED IN: | Central Jail, Gulburag, Karnataka | |
| CASE DETAILS: | Gurdeep Singh was sentenced by the court of Special Judge Bidar on 15th December, 2001 under TADA charges of 3 and 6, and I.P.C. charges of 120-B, 302, 307 and 427. He has been incarcerated since 6th December 1990. He has now been in jail in excess of 23 years. He has never been under investigation for any further criminal cases. He has never been relocated to Punjab (his state) to serve his sentence, consistently serving his term outside of Punjab. |
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NAME: | Davinderpal Singh Bhullar |
| FATHERS NAME: | Jaswant Singh | |
| FROM: | Dialpura Bhaika, Faridkot, Punjab | |
| IMPRISONED IN: | Tihar Jail, Delhi | |
| CASE DETAILS: | Prof. Bhullar was Bhullar implicated and accused of bombing the All-India Youth Congress office in New Delhi, after his father and uncle were tortured to death in 1991. In 1994, he fled for Germany where he failed to get political asylum and was deported back to India. On he return, he was detained and forced to sign papers confirming his role in terror activities. He later told the court that he was made to sign under torture. He was tried under TADA law, which had already lapsed. In 2002, the presiding judge on a three-judge panel of the Indian Supreme Court acquits Bhullar, yet the other two uphold his conviction. Since then, he has been kept isolated in the Tihar Jail and has been under going medical treatment as he is not mentally fit. |
