Indian National Army trials was the British Indian trial by court-martial of a number of officers of the Indian National Army between November 1945 and May 1946, on various charges of treason, torture, murder and abetment to murder, during the Second World War.
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The INA trials covered arguments based on military law, constitutional law, international law, and politics.
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The unit was dissolved in December 1942 after apprehensions of Japanese motives with regards to the INA trials led to disagreements and distrust between Mohan Singh and INA trials leadership on one hand, and the League's leadership, most notable Rash Behari Bose.
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In early 1945, the INA trials's troops were committed against the successful Allied Burma Campaign.
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The charges in these earlier INA trials were of "Committing a civil offence contrary to the Section 41 of the Indian Army Act, 1911 or the Section 41 of the Burma Army Act" with the offence specified as "Waging War against the King" contrary to the Section 121 of the Indian Penal Code and the Burma Penal Code as relevant.
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However, the number of INA trials troops captured by Commonwealth forces by the end of the Burma Campaign made it necessary to take a selective policy to charge those accused of the worst allegations.
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The decision was made to hold a public trial, as opposed to the earlier INA trials, and given the political importance and significance of the INA trials, the decision was made to hold these at the Red Fort.
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Additional responsibilities of the committee came to be the co-ordination of information on INA trials troops held captive, as well as arranging for relief for troops after the war.
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The committee declared the formation of the Congress' defence team for the INA trials and included famous lawyers of the time, including Bhulabhai Desai, Asaf Ali, Sharat chandra bose, Tej Bahadur Sapru, Kailash Nath Katju and Lt.
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Newspapers reported at the time of the trials that some of the INA soldiers held at Red Fort had been executed, which only succeeded in causing further protests.
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