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Pakistan Supreme Court dismisses Indian prisoner Sarabjit's mercy plea

Wed, 06/24/2009 - 17:27 by preet_20

Islamabad/Chandigarh, June 24: Pakistan's Supreme Court Wednesday rejected the mercy petition of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, who has been on death row for 18 years, after his lawyer failed to appear in court despite being specifically directed to do so.

Sarabjit has been convicted of staging four bomb blasts in Lahore and Multan in 1990 that claimed 14 lives. His only option now would be to file a mercy plea before President Asif Ali Zardari, but given the current uncertain state of Pakistan-India ties, it would be hard to predict how he would react.

The court verdict, delivered by a three-judge bench headed by Justice Raja Fayyaz, left Sarabjit's family in Bhikiwind village in Indian Punjab distraught and they demanded that the Indian government intervene to save his life.

Pakistan Supreme Court dismisses Sarabjit's mercy plea

Wed, 06/24/2009 - 11:52 by preet_20

Islamabad, June 24: Pakistan's Supreme Court Wednesday dismissed Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh's review petition that challenged his death sentence.

A three-member bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Raja Fayyaz gave the verdict, the News International reported.

The Pakistan Supreme Court Monday adjourned till Wednesday the hearing in Sarabjit Singh's plea against the death penalty handed to him for his alleged involvement in bomb blasts in this country.

On March 9, 2006, a two-member Supreme Court bench had dismissed Singh's petition against the sentence for his alleged involvement in carrying out four bomb blasts at Lahore in 1990 that killed 14 people.