Bonin was appointed as a Quebec Sessions Court judge in July 1983 . In 1986 , he oversaw a high-profile preliminary hearing of five persons accused of attempting to blow up Air India Flight 112 . ( This is not to be confused with the more prominent trials that took place concerning the destruction of Air India Flight 182 . ) Bonin was later promoted to head the criminal division of the Court of Quebec in September 1988 . In June 1996 , he was appointed by the government of Quebec to hold a closed-door inquiry into the Sûreté du Québec ( SQ ) , following widespread accusations of corruption in the force . The inquiry ultimately became ground down in acrimony among the various parties , and Bonin resigned in October 1996 after a burglary in his office . The government of Quebec subsequently called a public inquiry into the matter . In 1998 , Bonin oversaw a preliminary hearing into charges against Canadian Hells Angels leader Maurice Boucher
Air India Flight 182
Air India Flight 182
Jean-Pierre Bonin