Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar Gets Life Term In 1984 Riots Case, Court Rejects Death Penalty | Read
A Delhi court on Tuesday awarded life imprisonment to former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar in a murder case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
Special judge Kaveri Baweja pronounced the judgement for the alleged killing of Jaswant Singh and his son Tarundeep Singh on November 1, 1984.
The complainant, wife of Jaswant, and the prosecution had sought death penalty for Kumar.
The offence of murder carried a maximum punishment of death penalty, while the minimum sentence was life imprisonment.
