The defence in the Air India bombing trial rested its case today with neither of the two men charged with the plot that killed 331 people being called to testify.
Attorneys for Mr Ajaib Singh Bagri told a Supreme Court judge in Vancouver they have completed the evidence phase of the long-running murder and conspiracy trial of Bagri and co-defendant Mr Ripudaman Singh Malik.
Mr Malik's attorneys rested their case in June.
They are charged with the mid-air destruction of Air India Flight 182 off the coast of Ireland in June 1985 that killed 329 people in history's deadliest bombing of civilian airliner.
They are also charged with an attempt to bomb a second Air India jet over the Pacific at the same time. Investigators say that bomb exploded prematurely and killed two airport workers in Tokyo.
Police allege the men were part of a Canadian-based group of Sikh separatists who wanted to destroy the Air India jets as revenge for the Indian Army's bloody 1984 storming of Sikhism's Golden Temple in India.
The trial began in April 2003, but has been marked by several breaks and lengthy arguments over the legal admissibility of evidence. Closing arguments are not expected to begin until at least October or November.
A third defendant in the case, Inderjit Singh Reyat, pleaded guilty last year to to a reduced charge of manslaughter for collecting material used to make the suitcase bomb that destroyed Flight 182.