Punjab and Haryana HC orders second autopsy on slain gangster Jaipal Bhullar
Jaipal Bhullar Encounter: Days after dismissing a plea by Bhupinder Singh, the father of slain gangster Jaipal Bhullar, seeking a second post-mortem of his son’s body, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed to conduct the second autopsy.
The development comes after the Supreme Court on Friday (June 18) set aside the order of Punjab and Haryana High Court dismissing the plea filed by slain gangster Jaipal Singh Bhullar's father seeking a second autopsy of his son’s body.
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The top court directed the Punjab and Haryana High Court to consider the plea again on June 21.
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During the hearing in the Supreme court, advocate Ishma Randhawa, appearing for Bhullar's father Bhupinder Singh had alleged that it was a fake encounter and that the deceased was killed by custodial torture.
Bhupinder has seen the body of Bhullar which has gone blue and bones were broken, she said.
Ishma had said that she was not seeking a CBI probe into the encounter but all she wanted was a second autopsy to ascertain the fact whether he was killed in custodial torture or not.
Furthermore, she added that under Article 21 of the constitution, it was Bhupinder Singh's right to know how his son was killed
Bhullar’s family filed an appeal against the order at the Supreme Court after the High Court said that it was beyond the jurisdiction of the court to issue any directions.
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