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| colspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|A resident of Rajoana Kalan village, Ludhiana district, Balwant Singh Rajoana is a death row convict in the 1995 case of the assassination of former Punjab CM Beant Singh. A cop-turned-militant, he has been serving in jail for the last 27 years and is currently lodged in the Central Jail, Patiala. His death sentence was stayed by the Union home ministry by an order dated March 28, 2012. | | colspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|A resident of Rajoana Kalan village, Ludhiana district, Balwant Singh Rajoana is a death row convict in the 1995 case of the assassination of former Punjab CM Beant Singh. A cop-turned-militant, he has been serving in jail for the last 27 years and is currently lodged in the Central Jail, Patiala. His death sentence was stayed by the Union home ministry by an order dated March 28, 2012. | ||
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| style="height:10px;"| [[Jagtar Singh Hawara]] | | style="height:10px;"| [[Jagtar Singh Hawara]] | ||
| style="background:orange; color:white; text-align:center;"|'''Life imprisonment''' | | style="background:orange; color:white; text-align:center;"|'''Life imprisonment''' | ||
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| colspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|A resident of Hawara village in Fatehgarh Sahib district, Jagtar Singh Hawara has been a militant of the Babbar Khalsa International (BKI). In connection with the Beant Singh assassination case, he has been serving life imprisonment in the Tihar Jail, Delhi, for the last 27 years. In 2010, the Punjab and Haryana High Court commuted the death sentence awarded to Hawara, one of the prime accused in the assassination case, to life imprisonment. He along with the other two accused fled from the Burail Jail, Chandigarh, in 2004 and was re-arrested in 2005. Appeal pending in Supreme Court of India. Cases are also pending against him in Mohali and Chandigarh court | | colspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|A resident of Hawara village in Fatehgarh Sahib district, Jagtar Singh Hawara has been a militant of the Babbar Khalsa International (BKI). In connection with the Beant Singh assassination case, he has been serving life imprisonment in the Tihar Jail, Delhi, for the last 27 years. In 2010, the Punjab and Haryana High Court commuted the death sentence awarded to Hawara, one of the prime accused in the assassination case, to life imprisonment. He along with the other two accused fled from the Burail Jail, Chandigarh, in 2004 and was re-arrested in 2005. Appeal pending in Supreme Court of India. Cases are also pending against him in Mohali and Chandigarh court | ||
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| rowSpan="2" | | | rowSpan="2" | [[File:Lakhwinder Singh Lakha.png|100px]] | ||
| style="height:10px;"| [[Lakhwinder Singh Lakha]] | | style="height:10px;"| [[Lakhwinder Singh Lakha]] | ||
| style="background:orange; color:white; text-align:center;"|'''Life imprisonment''' | | style="background:orange; color:white; text-align:center;"|'''Life imprisonment''' | ||
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| colspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|A resident of Guru Nanak Nagar, Patiala, Lakhwinder Singh Lakha has been serving life imprisonment since 1995 in the Beant Singh assassination case and is lodged in the Model Jail, Burail, Chandigarh. He was part of the conspiracy of the assassination that was executed by suicide bomber Dilawar Singh. Lakha was a driver in the Punjab Police and was posted at the Civil Secretariat, Chandigarh when the assassination took place. Under the plan of eliminating the CM, he was assigned to do a recce of the Civil Secretariat. This role helped execute the conspiracy. He has been granted parole many times. | | colspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|A resident of Guru Nanak Nagar, Patiala, Lakhwinder Singh Lakha has been serving life imprisonment since 1995 in the Beant Singh assassination case and is lodged in the Model Jail, Burail, Chandigarh. He was part of the conspiracy of the assassination that was executed by suicide bomber Dilawar Singh. Lakha was a driver in the Punjab Police and was posted at the Civil Secretariat, Chandigarh when the assassination took place. Under the plan of eliminating the CM, he was assigned to do a recce of the Civil Secretariat. This role helped execute the conspiracy. He has been granted parole many times. | ||
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| rowSpan="2" | | | rowSpan="2" | [[File:Gurmeet Singh 2.png|100px]] | ||
| style="height:10px;"| [[Gurmeet Singh]] | | style="height:10px;"| [[Gurmeet Singh]] | ||
| style="background:orange; color:white; text-align:center;"|'''Life imprisonment''' {{efn|A writ petition for premature release is pending in the Punjab and Haryana High Court.}} | | style="background:orange; color:white; text-align:center;"|'''Life imprisonment''' {{efn|A writ petition for premature release is pending in the Punjab and Haryana High Court.}} | ||
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| colspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|A resident of Guru Nagar, Patiala, Gurmeet Singh is an engineer by profession. He has been serving life imprisonment for the last 27 years in the Beant Singh assassination case and is lodged in the Model Jail, Burail, Chandigarh. Being an engineer, he helped other convicts make a bomb that was used for killing the then CM. He came out of jail many times on parole. | | colspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|A resident of Guru Nagar, Patiala, Gurmeet Singh is an engineer by profession. He has been serving life imprisonment for the last 27 years in the Beant Singh assassination case and is lodged in the Model Jail, Burail, Chandigarh. Being an engineer, he helped other convicts make a bomb that was used for killing the then CM. He came out of jail many times on parole. | ||
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| style="height:10px;"| [[Shamsher Singh]] | | style="height:10px;"| [[Shamsher Singh]] | ||
| style="background:orange; color:white; text-align:center;"|'''Life imprisonment''' | | style="background:orange; color:white; text-align:center;"|'''Life imprisonment''' | ||
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| colspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|A resident of Ukasi Jattan village in Patiala district, Shamsher Singh has been serving life imprisonment in the Beant Singh assassination case for the last 27 years. He is currently lodged in the Model Jail, Burail, Chandigarh. He has also been granted parole many times. He was a truck driver by profession before the assassination and he along with the prime accused, Jagtar Singh Hawara, transported RDX from the India-Pakistan border in the Ajnala area of Amritsar district to Patiala and Ropar where it was kept for making the bomb. | | colspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|A resident of Ukasi Jattan village in Patiala district, Shamsher Singh has been serving life imprisonment in the Beant Singh assassination case for the last 27 years. He is currently lodged in the Model Jail, Burail, Chandigarh. He has also been granted parole many times. He was a truck driver by profession before the assassination and he along with the prime accused, Jagtar Singh Hawara, transported RDX from the India-Pakistan border in the Ajnala area of Amritsar district to Patiala and Ropar where it was kept for making the bomb. | ||
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| style="height:10px;"| [[Paramjit Singh Bheora]] | | style="height:10px;"| [[Paramjit Singh Bheora]] | ||
| style="background:orange; color:white; text-align:center;"|'''Life imprisonment''' | | style="background:orange; color:white; text-align:center;"|'''Life imprisonment''' | ||
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| colspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|A resident of Bheora village in Ropar district, Paramjit Singh Bheora is another key convict in the Beant Singh assassination case. He was a member of the Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) and an aide of prime convict Jagtar Singh Hawara. He has served 25 years in jail under a life sentence and is currently lodged in the Model Jail, Burail, Chandigarh. He remained in jail from 1997 to 2004 till a Burail jailbreak and he was re-arrested in 2006. | | colspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|A resident of Bheora village in Ropar district, Paramjit Singh Bheora is another key convict in the Beant Singh assassination case. He was a member of the Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) and an aide of prime convict Jagtar Singh Hawara. He has served 25 years in jail under a life sentence and is currently lodged in the Model Jail, Burail, Chandigarh. He remained in jail from 1997 to 2004 till a Burail jailbreak and he was re-arrested in 2006. | ||
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| rowSpan="2" | | | rowSpan="2" | [[File:Jagtar Singh Tara.png|100px]] | ||
| style="height:10px;"| [[Jagtar Singh Tara]] | | style="height:10px;"| [[Jagtar Singh Tara]] | ||
| style="background:orange; color:white; text-align:center;"|'''Life imprisonment''' | | style="background:orange; color:white; text-align:center;"|'''Life imprisonment''' | ||