Anti-Sikh riots case: Sajjan Kumar to spend life in jail, rules Delhi court
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Anti-Sikh riots case: Sajjan Kumar to spend life in jail, rules Delhi court

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The complainant, Jaswant’s wife, along with the prosecution, had requested the harshest punishment in India– the death penalty– for Kumar In this file photo, Congress leader Sajjan Kumar is seen outside the Patiala House Court, in New Delhi. PTI Sajjan Kumar has been given a life imprisonment sentence in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. Kumar, currently lodged in Tihar jail, is already serving life after being convicted by the Delhi High Court for five murders in Delhi Cantonment’s Raj Nagar area in a separate case, albeit one related to the 1984 riots. Kumar’s old age– he is almost 80 years old now– and show of good conduct while behind bars since 2018 were cited as arguments for not giving him the death penalty.

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