Sajjan Kumar awarded life in another 1984 anti-Sikh riots-linked case
The Rouse Avenue court in Delhi, on Tuesday, awarded life imprisonment to former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.
The Rouse Avenue court in Delhi, on Tuesday, awarded life imprisonment to former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.
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The SAD chief said a lower court verdict, in a 1984 riots case related to the murder of three people, had hurt the sentiments of the Sikh community which awaiting final closure to the wounds afflicted by the genocide.
The court has heard arguments from both sides and now the matter is listed on December 16 for formal framing of charges.
A two-judge bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, said it is not inclined to grant Sajjan Kumar bail on medical grounds. The 75-year-old Kumar is serving life imprisonment after the Delhi High Court had convicted him and others in the case on December 17, 2018.
Sajjan Kumar was convicted in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case by the Delhi High Court and was sentenced to life imprisonment.
This is the second case against Sajjan Kumar in which he is facing trial along with two others, Brahmanand Gupta and Ved Prakash on charges of murder and rioting pertaining to the killing of Surjit Singh in Delhi’s Sultanpuri.
The Delhi High Court on December 17 convicted Sajjan Kumar and sentenced him to life imprisonment in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.
The three major instances of barbarism in India over the past 34 years — the anti-Sikh riots of 1984, the Babari riots of 1992 and 1993, and the Gujarat riots of 2002 — will continue to be regarded as monstrosities. The culprits either roam free or an effete leader, past his prime, is convicted as an act of cruel tokenism. Overall, punishment for a crime has been reduced to an exercise of too little and too late. The political careers of Jagdish Tytler and Sajjan Kumar were almost over when their involvement in the 1984 riots came into question
Earlier on December 21, the Delhi High Court had dismissed Sajjan Kumar’s plea which sought more time to surrender.
