Punjab chief minister Beant Singh

The apex court had expressed displeasure over the government not taking any clear stand on the commutation of the death sentence awarded to Rajaona.

The Supreme Court has di...

Balwant Singh Rajoana was given a death sentence for the murder of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh who died in a bomb explosion in Chandigarh on August 31, 1995. In 2012, Rajoana filed a mercy petition before the President but it hasn’t been decided to date.