US Seeking 24-Year Jail Term for Nikhil Gupta over Alleged Pannun Murder Plot, Defence Wants 12 Years

Nikhil Gupta tells court he planned Gurpatwant Pannun assassination plot alone, prosecutors seek 24 year jail term

Nikhil Gupta, who pleaded guilty to charges tied to a foiled plot to kill Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, told a US judge he acted alone and regrets his decision. Prosecutors seek a sentence of just over 24 years, while his lawyers are asking for about 12 years.

US seeking 24-year jail term for Nikhil Gupta over alleged Pannun murder plot, defence wants 12 years

In a letter addressed to the judge, Victor Marrero, Gupta expressed regret for his role in the purported assassination plot.

US Prosecutors Seek Over 24 Years in Prison for Nikhil Gupta in Pannun Assassination Plot

U.S. federal prosecutors have urged a New York judge to sentence Indian national Nikhil Gupta to 293 months—just over 24 years—in prison for his role in a foiled murder-for-hire plot against pro-Khalistan separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on American soil. Ahead of Gupta’s scheduled sentencing on November 20, prosecutors filed a November 13 court submission describing […] The post US Prosecutors Seek Over 24 Years in Prison for Nikhil Gupta in …