P.K. Sehgal, Shah Nawaj Khan
and Gurubaksh singh Dhillon were put
on trail at the Red Fort in Nov, 1945.
To elucidate despite the best efforts of
the Congress to win the legal battle the trial of INA prisoners led to their outright
conviction on the charge of waging war against the King Emperor.
The pressure
of the Indian public opinion against this conviction however, soon mounted high.
This shook the British Government and it was compelled to suspend the sentences
imposed on the INA convicts. Further, disaffection spread fast among the
soldiers.
The chief defense advocate during the INA trial was Bhulabha Desai. Other defense lawyers
were Tej Bahadur Sapru, Jawaharal Nehru,
Asaf Ali and Md. Ali Jinnah.
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