Dubai, July 27 (ANI): Seventeen Punjabi boys on death row may escape the death penalty as about 3.5 million dirhams would be paid today in the Sharjah court of appeal.
The out of court settlement papers with the family members of the victim would also be presented today in the court. If the formalities are completed, a final decison may be issued in few days.
The Sharjah court has given a week to both parties to complete all formalities. According to a Sharia provison, if the penalty is paid to the relatives of the murdered victims, the death sentence can be waived aside.
The 17 Indians (16 from Punjab and one from Haryana) were found gulty in March 2010 for a killing a Pakistani expatriate going by the name of Misri Nazir Khan in the Saaja Industrial Area of Sharjah in January 2009.
S.P. Singh Oberoi, a hoteleir and charman of "Sarbat Dah Bhala", an organisation came forward to save these boys by arranging the huge ammount of blood money. beroi is hopeful that the boys will back home in the comming months.
Oberoi informed that former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh extended his full support and cooperation to save the boys. (ANI)
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