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1984 anti-Sikh riots: High court rejects Sajjan Kumar's anticipatory bail plea | The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to grant anticipatory bail to Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. Justice S L Bhayana
passed the verdict after hearing arguments from both sides. Sajjan Kumar had moved
the Delhi High Court on Tuesday seeking anticipatory bail in two separate 1984
anti-Sikh riots cases. The bail application was listed for hearing before Justice
Madan B. Lokur, who adjourned it to Wednesday, rejecting Kumar's plea for taking
it up for hearing right away as there was urgency in it. Kumar's hearing will
also being heard in the Karkardooma court today as he was to appear before an
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) on summons issued by the court
on February 1 after taking cognisance of the charge-sheets in the two cases filed
by the Central Bureau of Investigation. There are reports that he may be arrested
if he does not appear in the Karkardooma court today. Kumar sought bail submitting
that he had earlier been granted anticipatory bail in other anti-Sikh riots cases
by the trial court. Further, there had never been allegation against him of influencing
investigations in the matter. Rather, he had cooperated with the investigating
agency, he submitted. A Special Judge for Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
cases had on Monday refused to grant him anticipatory bail saying that the allegations
against him on face value did not appear to be completely false. The CBI had on
January 13 charge-sheeted Kumar and others in the two cases accusing them of making
provocative speeches, leading to the killing of 12 persons in the riots that followed
the assassination of Indira Gandhi on October 31, 1984. The two cases were registered
at Sultanpuri and Delhi Cantonment police stations on the recommendations of Nanavati
Commission in 2005. The CBI charge sheeted Kumar and others under the Indian Penal
Code (IPC) Section 302, 153-A and 120-B. On December 31, 2009, Delhi Lt Governor
Tejendra Khanna gave the go -ahead to the CBI to prosecute Kumar. |
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