SC expected to hear Bhullar's mercy plea today

New Delhi: The Supreme Court is expected to hear Khalistani militant Devender Singh Bhullar's mercy petition on Tuesday.

The Khalistani militant had been sentenced to death for triggering the 1993 Delhi car bomb attack that killed 12 people.

He had filed a mercy petition before President Pratibha Patil in January, which was rejected in May.

Bhullar's counsel had argued that the death penalty should only be handed out by a constitution bench and not if there was a split verdict.