In testimony before a Pune court, Satyaki Savarkar, the grandnephew of V.D. Savarkar, states that V.D. Savarkar filed 10 mercy petitions with the British authorities. During cross-examination, Satyaki Savarkar acknowledges that some other freedom fighters, including Bhagat Singh, did not file clemency pleas. He also says the wording used in the mercy petitions does not indicate loyalty to the British regime. Satyaki Savarkar further argues that under British rule, submitting clemency petitions was a standard procedure when seeking relief in such cases, and that the petitions were part of that formal process rather than evidence of allegiance. The court proceedings focus on the claims regarding Savarkar’s actions and the intent reflected, if any, in the petitions’ language, as well as comparisons with the practices followed by other contemporaneous freedom fighters.