**JATHEDAR
BHAI BALWANT SINGH JI RAJOANA GETS A 10 YEAR JAIL TERM,FOR AN
EXPLOSIVES CASE HE HAS ALREADY SERVED 17 YEARS THIS TERM WILL BE PUT OFF
AGAINST THAT**
By Parmjit Singh
Published: February 6, 2013
Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana in police custody
Patiala, Punjab (February 06, 2013):
It
is learnt that a local court in Patiala (Punjab) has sentenced Bhai
Balwant Singh Rajoana to 10 years rigorous imprisonment under an
Explosive Act case.
It is notable that Bhai Balwant Singh
Rajoana is facing death sentence in Punjab CM Beant Singh assassination
case and is currently lodged in Central Jail, Patiala.
It is learnt that on February 06, 2013
(Wednesday) the Additional session judge (Patiala) Sanjeev Beri
sentenced Bhai Rajoana in a case registered in 1995 at Rajpura under
Explosives Act.
Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana (quote from Will)
It is further learnt that the court has
fixed February 16, 2013 as next date of hearing in another case
registered against him under the Arms Act.
As per media reports the Punjab police
had arrested Bhai Rajoana in 1995. The police had claimed to recover
around 80 kgs of RDX at Rajpura in Patiala district following which a
case was registered against him.
It is notable that execution of death
sentence awarded to Bhai Balwant Singh was scheduled for March 31 last
year. There was strong resentment to the decision of execution of Bhai
Rajoana and on March 28, 2012 the home ministry stayed his execution
following review petition filed before President of India by the
Shiromani Gurudwara Prabhandak Committee (SGPC).
As Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana has
already spent approximately 17 years in prison, sentence of 10 years
awarded by Patiala court shall be set-off against sentence against time
already spent by him in Jail.