SC disposes off appeal against sentence by Daya Singh Lahoriya

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New Delhi, May 15 (UNI) The Supreme Court has disposed off as infructuous, an appeal filed by Daya Singh Lahoriya who along with his wife was extradited from the US for hatching a conspiracy of kidnapping Rajinder Mirdha, son of former union minister Ram Niwas Mirdha to put pressure on the government of India to release alleged Khalistani terrorist Devinder Singh Bhullar.

A case was registered at police station, Malviya Nagar, Jaipur on February 26,1995 against Daya Singh, his wife Suman Sood alias Kamaljeet Kaur and one Harnek Singh alias Surinder Verma(absconding). The accused were booked for offences of criminal conspiracy,cheating, forgery and under the Explosive Substances Act and TADA. TADA was however dropped by the apex court. Kamaljeet Kaur was acquitted but Daya Singh was sentenced to seven years' rigorous imprisonment and was also sentenced to life imprisonment for an offence of criminal conspiracy to kidnap.

A bench comprising Justices C K Thakker and P K Balasubramanyan in a judgement delivered yesterday observed "in our opinion, therefore, prosecution, conviction and sentence of the appellant for offences punishable under Explosive Substances Act, 1908 cannot be said to be without jurisdiction or in excess of the authority of law. The said contention, therefore, has no force and must be negatived." The appellant had fabricated registration certificate for purchasing several vehicles in order to carry out the conspiracy of kidnapping the son of senior Congress leader from Rajasthan. The court in its judgement also ruled that the appeal against life imprisonment has already been dismissed by the apex court and the sentence of seven years he has already served.

The petitioner was convicted and sentenced by sessions judge (fast track court) No.1, Jaipur city and his appeal was dismissed by Rajasthan high court.

UNI

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