Indian High Commission officials were allowed a second consular access visit to Sarabjit Singh, the Indian death row prisoner who is in deep coma at Lahore''s Jinnah Hospital, on Sunday evening, after initially being denied access.

The Pakistan Government has reportedly allowed the consular access with restrictions. Indian diplomats were given first consular access on Saturday for a few minutes.

Sarabjit''s health condition continues to be critical, nearly 72 hours after being brutally assaulted by six Pakistani prisoners in the Kot Lakhpat Jail premises. He is still in the ICU and in coma. Sarabjit was convicted by Pakistani courts for his alleged involvement in a string of bombings in Punjab in 1990.

He was lodged in the at Kot Lakpath Jail of Lahore. On Sunday, four members of his family, his wife Sukhpreet Kaur, his daughters, Poonam and Swapandeep and his sister Dalbir Kaur were allowed to see him through a window from outside the intensive care unit.