But the Indian government too did not accord Singh the status of political prisoner
Chaman Lal
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad
On 8 April 1929, Bhagat Singh and BK Dutt were arrested after throwing bombs in New Delhi’s Central Assembly, the Parliament of today. Both were convicted after a superfast trial on 12 June 1929 and ‘transported for life’ under Section 307 of the IPC and under the Explosives Act.
These two months and four days included a magisterial trial and then the committing to a sessions judge. The Delhi sessions judge started the trial in the first week of June 1929. On 6 June, Singh made a historic statement before the court, which is now part of the treasured list of world political documents.
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