New Delhi:
Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar will face trial in the 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases as a Delhi court has referred the cases to a special CBI court, rejecting his plea.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Lokesh Kumar Sharma declined to take on record an application of Kumar seeking certain documents related to the chargesheet filed against him in two cases and directed the Congress leader and others to appear before the Special judge on March 27.
"I am not impressed with the arguments and contentions of the accused. It seems that the application has been filed to cause further hindrance in committing the case to the Sessions court," the ACMM said.
"Under the garb of application the accused is trying to set up his defence by placing his documents and records," he said.
Kumar had sought certain documents and statement of witnesses recorded by the investigating agency during the probe into the matter.
"So far as withholding of records is concerned, it is for the prosecuting agencies to suffer consequences. The application filed by the accused is not directed to be taken on record," the court said.
The High Court had, on February 8, asked the trial court to put the anti-Sikh riot cases on fast track with a direction to wind up the proceedings within six weeks.
Senior advocate I U Khan, appearing for Kumar, submitted that the CBI has failed to supply the documents, necessary for the just decision of the court. He had a tough time convincing the court with regard to the contents of the documents running into over 100 pages.
"I have gone through the contents of the application and perused the documents. The bunch is so bulky, it is humanly impossible to examine the same within a short span of time," the ACMM said.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Lokesh Kumar Sharma declined to take on record an application of Kumar seeking certain documents related to the chargesheet filed against him in two cases and directed the Congress leader and others to appear before the Special judge on March 27.
"I am not impressed with the arguments and contentions of the accused. It seems that the application has been filed to cause further hindrance in committing the case to the Sessions court," the ACMM said.
"Under the garb of application the accused is trying to set up his defence by placing his documents and records," he said.
Kumar had sought certain documents and statement of witnesses recorded by the investigating agency during the probe into the matter.
"So far as withholding of records is concerned, it is for the prosecuting agencies to suffer consequences. The application filed by the accused is not directed to be taken on record," the court said.
The High Court had, on February 8, asked the trial court to put the anti-Sikh riot cases on fast track with a direction to wind up the proceedings within six weeks.
Senior advocate I U Khan, appearing for Kumar, submitted that the CBI has failed to supply the documents, necessary for the just decision of the court. He had a tough time convincing the court with regard to the contents of the documents running into over 100 pages.
"I have gone through the contents of the application and perused the documents. The bunch is so bulky, it is humanly impossible to examine the same within a short span of time," the ACMM said.
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