NEW DELHI: Balbir Singh, who was tried and acquitted for the assassination of former premier Indira Gandhi, has claimed damages of Rs 5,200,000 for “malicious prosecution.”
Singh’s petition claiming damages was adjourned by the registrar on February 16. It would then be decided whether Singh’s application for declaring him an indigent person to get an exemption from stamp duty is maintainable or not.
The counsel of the union of India and another defendant, R P Kochar, in a reply submitted that the application of Balbir Singh to declare him as “forma pauperis” was not maintainable.
He said “the application is mot misconceived, Malafide and not maintainable by law.”
RM Tiwari and Vijay Chowdhary, counsel for Balbir Singh, submitted that the plantiff was genuinely an indigent person and deserved the stamp fee exemption.
Satwant Singh and Kehar Singh who were tried along with Balbir were hanged for the part they played in the assassination of the former premier on October 31, 1984.
Article extracted from this publication >> February 9, 1990
