A Delhi court today acquitted senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in one of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases. The court, however, convicted five others for being part of a mob that killed five Sikhs in the Delhi’s Raj Nagar area. The riots had broken out after the assassination of late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on October 31, 1984.
Sajjan Kumar
Additional District and Sessions Judge JR Aryan announced the verdict in a packed courtroom in the Karkardooma complex. The court acquitted Sajjan Kumar while convicting Balwan Khokkar, an ex-councillor, Mahender Yadav, an ex-MLA, Kishan Khokkar, Girdhari Lal and Captain Bhagmal.
Balwan Khokkar, Girdhari Lal and Captain Bhagmal were held guilty of murder under Section 302 of the IPC that entails death penalty as the maximum punishment. Mahender Yadav and Kishan Khokkar were convicted of rioting. The court ordered that Balwan Khokkar, Girdhari Lal and Captain Bhagmal be taken in judicial custody.
Just after the pronouncement of judgment, some of the witnesses, including Jagdish Kaur, her son Gurpreet Singh, Nirpreet Kaur and others, created commotion in the court. A protester, Karnail Singh, flung a shoe in the court soon after the judge acquitted Sajjan Kumar. He was arrested immediately.
Jagdish Kaur said, “I believe I will not get justice now. The court should have convicted Sajjan. Now that he has been acquitted, so we should be punished.” Sajjan Kumar still faces trial in another 1984 rioting case. In a third case, the Delhi Police had filed a closure report, saying there was no evidence against him.
The court has fixed May 6 for hearing arguments on the quantum of sentence in the case.
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