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Plea filed to bring Bhagat Singh's trial record from India

Lahore: A petition has been filed in a court in Pakistan pleading to bring back the trial record of legendary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh from India which is required to reopen his case here.“Former acting

PTI Published : May 18, 2014 21:22 IST, Updated : May 18, 2014 21:26 IST
Qureshi said special judges of tribunal handling Bhagat Singh's case awarded death sentence to him without hearing 450 witnesses of the case.

Singh's lawyers were not given the opportunity of cross-questioning them, he said.

The Lahore High Court has referred the case to the chief justice for constitution of a larger bench to hear the reopening of the Singh's case.

Bhagat Singh was awarded the death sentence for killing Saunders and he was subsequently hanged at Shadman Chowk in Lahore in 1931, aged just 23.
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