A Delhi court sentenced to death Devender Pal Singh,...

A Delhi court sentenced to death Devender Pal Singh, a Sikh militant, for exploding a car bomb near the Indian Youth Congress office in 1993, killing nine persons and injuring 29, including the then president of the organisation, Mr. M.S. Bitta. Pronouncing capital punishment on the Khalistan Liberation Force militant the Additional Sessions Judge, Mr. V. K. Jain, ordered that he "be hanged by the neck till he is dead". The judge said "the death sentence is subject to confirmation by the Supreme Court" added that until that date Devender Pal Singh be committed to custody. The court, however, acquitted his accomplice, Daya Singh Lahoria, a resident of Kasba Baroli of Sangrur district, giving him the benefit of doubt on the ground that the confessional statement given by Singh about his complicity could not be corroborated.