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Beant Singh murder: SC defers hearing on Hawara's plea for transfer to Punjab jail
The Supreme Court has postponed for two weeks the hearing on Jagtar Singh Hawara's plea to transfer him from Tihar Jail to a Punjab prison, where he is serving life for the 1995 murder of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh. Hawara claims his prison conduct has been clear since his 2004 escape. Background details include his life sentence commuted from death by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in 2010, amid ongoing appeals.
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