New Delhi : The Supreme Court Wednesday issued notice
to the central government on a petition seeking steps for the release
of Sarabjit Singh, who is in a jail in Pakistan facing death sentence.
The apex court bench of Justice B. Sudershan Reddy and Justice S.S.
Nijjar issued the notice on a petition by Sarabjit Singh moved through
his sister Dalbir Kaur.
Singh who was given death sentence by a Pakistani court for engaging
in extremist activities, including using explosives, is in Kotlakhpat
Central jail in Lahore for the last 21 years. Singh’s death sentence
was stayed by Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf April 1, 2008.
The petitioner said that he was a victim of mistaken identity and
was not even named in the police complaint in which he was convicted of
murder charges. IANS
