amritsar rejection of devinderpal singh bhullars appeal to commute his death sentence into life imprisonment by the supreme court of india has evoked sharp criticism from sikh bodies and his relatives wife of bhullar navneet kaur who arrived india from us on thursday said she was shocked to hear the verdicti was expecting justice from court but it was not delivered said she while adding that she would also file application to meet her husband in jail she said she didnt know what to do now i will stay in india for one more week lets see what we can do said she reacting on courts verdict jathedar of akal takht sikhs supreme temporal seat giani gurbachan singh said it is unfortunate but community should not let up its efforts in saving bhullar till last minute adding that sikh bodies should join hands irrespective of their political affiliations and interests to save bhullars life shiromani gurdwara parbandhak committee sikhs single largest represnetative body president avtar singh makkar said it is murder of justice he said there prevails two laws in india and the sikhs had always been at the receiving end while quoting instances where death sentences were commuted into life imprisonmentbhullar a terrorist of khalistan liberation force was given death sentence for triggering a bomb blast in september 1993 in which nine people were killed and 25 were injured including the then youth congress president maninderjit singh bittasikh radical organization dal khalsas spokesperson kanwar pal singh has termed the dismissal of petition of devinderpal singh bhullar as shocking and disturbing for people of punjab in general and sikh community in particular the decision is travesty of justice as bhullar is on death row since 18 years he claimed that bhullar was given punishment on the basis of confessional statement taken by police officer under torture he said the sikh community had been honoured by many martyrs during the last 30 years struggle and bhullar if hanged would be addition to that honoured list president of khalra mission organization harmandeep singh sarhali blamed on parkash singh badal and his associates for their major role in pushing bhullar towards gallows he said it was badal government that gave an affidavit in court that bhullar was a dreaded terrorist who wanted to save from capital punishment major singh bhullars cousin told toi from his native village dyalpura bhaike in bathinda district that the villagers had decided to not lit any hearth in protest against the rejection of bhullars appeal a close associate of bhullar harpal singh cheema informed that bhullars brother tejinderpal singh bhulalr and mother upkar kuar bhullar were canadian citizens while wife navneet was a us national he said if bhullar was executed it would alienate sikhs in india