New Delhi,December 17: The Congress leader Sajjan Kumar has been convicted by Delhi High Court in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.
He has been sentenced to life imprisonment. The Delhi High Court has ordered him to surrender by December 31, news agencies said.
The Court has pronounced its verdict on the appeals challenging a trial court’s judgment in the 1984-anti-Sikh riots case in which the veteran Congress leader had earlier been acquitted.
The Court has also extended the life imprisonment of other two convicts from three years to 10 years.
Reports said the Court has overturned the acquittal of Kumar in a case that had also awarded a life-term to Balwan KHokhar, retired naval officer Captain Bhagmal, Girdhari Lal and two others dealing with the murder of five members of a family in Raj Nagar area of Delhi Cantonment on 1 November 1984.
The incident had occurred immediately on the day after the assassination of the then prime minister Indira Gandhi.
Prasanta Patnaik