New Delhi: A Delhi Special Court on Tuesday awarded life imprisonment to former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar in a case related to the murder of two persons in Saraswati Vihar area during the Anti-Sikh riots.
Special Judge for MPs/MLAs cases Kaveri Baweja after hearing arguments on behalf of Prosecution and Defence Counsel had pronounced the order.
The Court had convicted Kumar on February 12 for offences punishable under Sections 147/148/149 IPC and for offences punishable under Sections 302/308/323/395/397/427/436/440 read with Section 149 of Indian Penal Code(IPC).
After hearing arguments on quantum of sentence, the court listed the matter for February 25 for pronouncing the judgment.
The present case relates to one of the several instances of the widespread anti-Sikh riots that took place in Delhi and other parts of the country after assassination of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her two Sikh bodyguards.
In the riots, thousands of Sikhs were mercilessly killed in various parts of the country, their houses and shops were burnt and their belongings were looted.
The instant case is in respect of killing of one S. Jaswant Singh and his son S. Tarundeep Singh, both residents of Raj Nagar, Delhi, at the hands of an unruly mob comprising of thousands of persons.
It is the case of the prosecution that accused Sajjan Kumar was leading the mob and it is upon his instigation and abetment, the mob burnt alive Jaswant Singh and Tarundeep Singh, damaged and looted their household articles and other property, burnt down their house and also inflicted severe injuries on their family members and relatives residing in their house.
The Prosecution alleged that the mob attacked the house of the complainant, Jaswant's wife, killing her husband and son apart from looting articles and setting their house ablaze.
Initially, the chargesheet in this case was filed in e-form in the court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Rouse Avenue District Court (RADC). On 05.05.2021, the chargesheet was received physically and it was accordingly directed to be checked and registered.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate vide order dated 26.07.2021, took cognizance of the alleged offences.
Subsequently, vide order dated 30.07.2021, after compliance of provisions of Section 207 Cr.P.C., ACMM transferred the matter to the court of Sessions as the offence punishable U/S 302 IPC, along with other offences, are exclusively triable by a court of Sessions.
The instant case bearing FIR No. 458/91 PS Saraswati Vihar U/S 147/ 148/ 149 /395 /397 /302 / 307/ 436 / 440 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) was registered on the basis of an affidavit dated 09.09.1985 of the complainant.
