Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar gets a second life sentence for his involvement in the killing of two Sikhs in the 1984 riots. He is already serving life for the Delhi Cantonment case.
Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar has been sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the killings of two Sikhs during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi.
This marks the second life sentence for Kumar, who is already serving time for his involvement in the Delhi Cantonment riots case.
The prosecution further stated that the riots led to large-scale migration of Sikhs, severely impacting their lives and livelihoods. They stressed that such incidents fracture trust between communities and disrupt social harmony.
Kumar, who was a Member of Parliament at the time, was accused of not only failing to protect the victims but of actively participating in the violence, openly defying the rule of law.
Apart from life imprisonment, Kumar has been sentenced to two years under Section 147 for rioting, three years and a fine under Section 148 for rioting with deadly weapons, and seven years under Section 308 for attempting culpable homicide with intent to cause death or serious harm.
The verdict, delivered by the Rouse Avenue Court, holds Kumar responsible for leading a mob and inciting it to kill Jaswant Singh and his son, Tarundeep Singh, in the Saraswati Vihar area of Delhi on November 1, 1984.
During the hearing in the case, the prosecution said the mob, led by Kumar and armed with weapons, resorted to large-scale looting, arson and destruction of properties of Sikhs.
"The present case is more serious than the Nirbhaya case. In that case, a young woman was targeted, but here, people of a particular community were attacked," the prosecution said, emphasising that Kumar's crime falls under the "rarest of rare" category deserving of capital punishment.
The prosecution contended that the killings were carried out in a brutal and diabolical manner, shocking the collective conscience of society. The case, they argued, was not just about individual murders but a crime against an entire community, amounting to genocide.
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