Sajjan Kumar gets lifer in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case

The Delhi High Court on Monday reversed the judgement of trial court which acquitted Congress leader Sajjan Kumar earlier and awarded him a life term in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case . The judgement was delivered by a bench of Justices S. Muralidhar and Vinod Goel, officials said on Saturday. Kumar has been asked to surrender by December 31, 2018.

In October, the High Court had reserved its order on the pleas challenging a trial court judgement which had acquitted Congress leader Sajjan Kumar but convicted the other five accused in the case related to the killing of five people in Delhi Cantonment area following the assassination of Indira Gandhi on October 31, 1984.