New Delhi: Congress leader Sajjan Kumar's plea will come up for hearing in a Delhi court on Saturday in the 1984 Delhi Sikh riots case. Kumar has claimed contradictions in the affidavits and statement of key witness and complainant Jagdish Kaur.
They were conducted by the GT Nanavati and Ranganath Mishra Commissions.
Sajjan Kumar, Balwan Khokkar, Kishan Khokkar, Mahender Yadav, Girdhari Lal and Captain Bhagmal are facing trial in the killings of six people in Delhi Cantonment area during the 1984 carnage which had broken out after the assassination of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on October 31, 1984.
They are accused of instigating a mob to attack and kill the Sikhs.
The case against Sajjan Kumar was registered on the recommendation by Nanavati Commission. CBI had filed two chargesheets against him and others in January 2010.
The trial court had framed charges against Sajjan Kumar and five others in 2010 under Sections 302 (murder), 395 (dacoity), 427 (mischief to cause damage to property), 153A (promoting enmity between different communities) and other provisions of IPC.
With Additional Inputs from PTI
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