Sajjan Kumar moves Supreme Court against his conviction in 1984 riots

New Delhi: Former Congress Leader Sajjan Kumar has filed a motion in Supreme Court challenging his conviction charges. The Delhi High Court on Monday convicted senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar for conspiracy to commit murder in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case and sentenced him to imprisonment for life.

Senior advocate H S Phoolka said he has been told by the Supreme Court registry that Sajjan Kumar has filed an appeal against the high court’s judgment. Phoolka is representing the victims of the riots cases. He said the victims had already filed a caveat to pre-empt any ex parte hearing in favor of Sajjan Kumar.

The High Court said Kumar’s life imprisonment will be for the remainder of his life and asked him to surrender by December 31. It also asked him not to leave Delhi before that.

Kumar’s lawyer Anil Sharma had petitioned the court to extend the date of his surrender citing personal reasons. But the court rejected his petition.

A day after his conviction, Kumar had resigned from the primary membership of the Congress party.

At least 3,000 people were killed when mobs led by Congress leaders targeted Sikhs after the assassination of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards on October 31.

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