A Delhi court today acquitted two men, accused of hijacking a New Delhi-Srinagar Air India flight and forcing it to land in Pakistan in 1981.
Additional Sessions Judge Ajay Pandey granted the relief to Tajinder Pal Singh and Satnam Singh.
According to the prosecution, on September 29, 1981, the two allegedly hijacked an Air India plane from New Delhi en route to Srinagar via Amritsar and forced it to land in Lahore, Pakistan, where they were arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Both were deported in 2000 from Pakistan after serving life-term for hijacking.
They had later sought their discharge from the case but a sessions court had dismissed their plea.
In 2011, the Delhi Police had charge sheeted them under various sections 121 (waging war against the government of India), 121A (conspiring to commit certain offences against the state), 124A (sedition) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
The Delhi high court had also dismissed their plea seeking stay on the sessions court order and asked the trial court to proceed with the matter.
Both were granted bail in July last year.
Reports Claiming Hijack Scare on London-Delhi Air India Flight 'Totally False,' Says Government After Hijack Alert, Extra Security, Drills at Airports: 10 Developments Hijack Warning for Air India Flight: Airports on High Alert MK Stalin Asks Centre To Recall Tamil Nadu Governor In Row Over Anthem Hamas Searching For Yahya Sinwar's Replacement Outside Gaza: Report Can Hamas Recover After Yahya Sinwar's Killing? What Experts Say 3 Decades Later, First Brown Dwarf Ever Found Offers A Surprise "We Have A Lot Of Interest In Indian Films": Putin Praises Bollywood Sugar Content In Baby Foods Among Issues Under Parliamentary Panel Scanner Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.