New Delhi, April 24: Sajjan Kumar, a Congress leader convicted for his role in the 1984 Sikh riots, has faced a significant setback as the Supreme Court has denied his bail request.
Kumar’s defense argued that he has been incarcerated for over seven years and that his wife is seriously ill and unable to move. He has not been able to visit her even once. However, the Supreme Court has rejected the bail application for now, scheduling the next hearing for July.
In 2013, the Delhi High Court overturned a lower court’s decision that had acquitted Kumar. Previously, the Rouse Avenue Court had cleared him in connection with the violence in Janakpuri and Vikaspuri, where two individuals lost their lives. Following renewed scrutiny of the riots, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) filed two FIRs against Kumar and other accused in February 2015. The first FIR relates to the murder of Sardar Sohan Singh and his son-in-law, Avtar Singh, on November 1, 1984, in Janakpuri. The second FIR pertains to the burning alive of Sardar Gurcharan Singh on November 2, 1984, also in Janakpuri.
On July 7, 2025, Kumar recorded his statement in the Rouse Avenue Court, asserting that he was never involved in the 1984 riots and claiming a lack of evidence against him. He accused the investigating agency of failing to conduct a fair inquiry. Kumar is already serving a life sentence for another case related to the 1984 riots, where the Delhi High Court found him guilty of the murder of five Sikhs and the arson of a gurdwara in the Delhi Cantonment and Palam Colony areas.
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