Balwant Singh Rajoana Death Sentence: Supreme Court to Hear Mercy Petition, Delay Plea on March 18 in Beant Singh Assassination Case

The Supreme Court will hear Balwant Singh Rajoana’s plea seeking commutation of his death sentence due to over a decade-long delay in deciding his mercy petition. Rajoana, convicted in the 1995 assassination of former Punjab CM Beant Singh, has spent more than 15 years on death row.