1981 Air India Plane Hijack Case: Delhi Court Acquits Satnam Singh and Tajender Pal Singh
According to the prosecution, on September 29, 1981, the two allegedly hijacked an Air India plane from New Delhi en route to Srinagar via Amritsar and forced it to land in Lahore, Pakistan.
New Delhi, August 27: Delhi's Patiala House Court on Monday acquitted the two accused- Satnam Singh and Tajender Pal Singh in connection with the 1981 Air India plane hijack case. Additional Sessions Judge Ajay Pandey granted the relief to both the accused. It must be noted that the two were granted bail in July last year.
According to the prosecution, on September 29, 1981, the two allegedly hijacked an Air India plane from New Delhi en route to Srinagar via Amritsar and forced it to land in Lahore, Pakistan. They were arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment and both were deported in 2000 from Pakistan after serving life-term for hijacking. Satnam Singh and Tajender Pal Singh had later sought their discharge from the case but a sessions court had dismissed their plea.
In 2011, the Delhi Police had filed a chargesheet against them under various sections 121 (waging war against the government of India), 121A (conspiring to commit certain offences against the state), 124A (sedition) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The Court had also dismissed their plea seeking stay on the sessions court order and asked the trial court to proceed with the matter.
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