A Delhi court today awarded life imprisonment to three of the five convicts in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots. District and Sessions Judge J R Aryan pronounced the punishment to Balwan Khokkar, Girdhari Lal and Captain Bhagmal who were held guilty of murdering five Sikhs during the riots that had broken out after the assassination of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on October 31, 1984.
Two other convicts — an ex-councillor Mahender Yadav and ex-MLA Kishan Khokkar, who were held guilty of rioting, were awarded three-year imprisonment. Both Yadav and Khokkar were, however, granted bail by the court.

Earlier, during the arguments on quantum of sentence, CBI has sought death sentence for Balwan Khokkar, Girdhari Lal and Captain Bhagmal.