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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | 1984 anti-Sikh riots case: Sajjan Kumar acquitted in one case

1984 anti-Sikh riots case: Sajjan Kumar acquitted in one case

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published Published on Apr 30, 2013   modified Modified on Apr 30, 2013
-The Times of India


NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Tuesday acquitted Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

Five accused have been found gulity on various charges. Three of five accused have been found guilty of murder.

District Judge J R Aryan had reserved the judgement on April 16 after the counsel for the CBI and the accused concluded their final arguments in the case.

A shoe was thrown at the judge after the verdict was pronounced, Times Now reported.

Former Outer Delhi MP, Kumar was facing trial along with five others - Balwan Khokkar, Kishan Khokkar, Mahender Yadav, Girdhari Lal and Captain Bhagmal - for allegedly conspiring and inciting a mob against the Sikh community in Delhi Cantonment area here.

The case related to anti-Sikh riots that had broken out after the assassination of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on October 31, 1984. Indira Gandhi was shot dead by two of her bodyguards at her residence here.

The present case dealt with the death of five Sikhs - Kehar Singh, Gurpreet Singh, Raghuvender Singh, Narender Pal Singh and Kuldeep Singh - who were members of the same family and were killed by the mob in Delhi Cant's Raj Nagar area.

Deceased Kehar and Gurpreet were the husband and son respectively of complainant and eye witness Jagdish Kaur. Raghuvender, Narender and Kuldeep were the brothers of Kaur and another witness Jagsher Singh.

The case against Kumar was registered in 2005 on a recommendation by Justice G T Nanavati Commission. CBI had filed two chargesheets against him and the other accused in January 2010.

The trial court had in May 2010 framed charges against Kumar and the five others under Sections 302 (murder), 395 (dacoity), 427 (mischief to cause damage to property), 153-A (promoting enmity between different communities), 120B (criminal conspiracy) and other provisions of the IPC.

(With inputs from PTI)


The Times of India, 30 April, 2013, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/1984-anti-Sikh-riots-case-Sajjan-Kumar-acquitted-in-one-case/articleshow/19800406.cms


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