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Banta Singh

Village: Soona

City: Hoshiarpur

Banta Singh, son of Bhagwan Singh, of Soona, P. S. Mahilpur, District Hoshiarpur. A taxi driver at Calcutta. Arrested and sent up for trail along with 4 others in connection with the find of bombs at 6, Ganga Prasad Mukherjee Road, Bhowanipur, in February, 1933. On 20th May 1993 he was convicted and sentenced to 4 years' R. I. under Section 4 (b) and to 2 years' imprisonment under Section 5 of the Explosives Substances Act, both the sentences to run concurrently.

Description : Age about 24 years.