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1984 sikh riots case: SC says it will hear on Apr 15 bail plea of Sajjan Kumar

The Supreme Court today asked the CBI to apprise it of the status of the ongoing trial in a case involving former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in connection with a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. The court listed his bail plea for hearing on 15th of this month.<br />''    <br />'' The CBI told a bench of Justices S A Bobde and S A Nazeer that Sajjan Kumar, who was a sitting MP in 1984, was the kingpin of the massacre of Sikhs in the national capital in 1984. <br />'' Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the CBI, told the bench, it would be a travesty of justice if Kumar is enlarged on bail as he is facing trial in another 1984 anti-Sikh riots case at Patiala House district court.<br />''  <br />'' The bench said that it would hear on 15th April bail plea of Kumar, who was convicted and sentenced to life term by the Delhi High Court in connection with a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.<br />'' Anti-Sikh riots had broken out after the assassination of then prime minister Indira Gandhi on October 31, 1984, by her two Sikh bodyguards.<br />'' <br />''  <br />

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