Where as the SCI is asking states to release prisoners in wake of COVID-19 breakout, Punjab administration has citied the pandemic to deny parole to a Sikh political prisoners.
The Government of India (GoI) last Saturday (Sept. 28) announced that it has decided to grant premature release to 8 out of 22 Sikh political prisoners who were sentenced to imprisonment for life and are confined in various jails across the Indian sub-continent.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today allowed the parole for Sikh Political Prisoner Bhai Balbir Singh Bira, who is facing imprisonment for life.
Ludhiana, Punjab (August 29, 2014): According to information available with the Sikh Siyasat News (SSN), a Ludhiana court today pronounced decision in a 2009 murder case against Balbir Singh alias Bira and his wife Sukhjinder Kaur, acquitting Sukhjinder Kaur but convicting Balbir Singh Bira for murder charges.