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| PTI |
| Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar |
Sep 17, 2010, NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Friday started hearing arguments afresh on a chargesheet prepared by Delhi police against senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.
District Judge S K Sarvaria heard part arguments on behalf of the prosecution on an application filed by it seeking a direction with regard to the chargesheet against Kumar, former outer Delhi MP.
The chargesheet against Kumar in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case citing sufficient evidence to proceed against him was prepared but never brought before a judge to seek his prosecution.
"The chargesheet was prepared in the case based on FIR number 67/87 at Nangloi police station here, naming Sajjan Kumar as an accused on April 8, 1992, but it was kept in the police file and never brought before the court," Special Public Prosecutor told the court.
The FIR was clubbed with another riots case in which the trial was already on, he said.
Senior counsel H S Phoolka, appearing for the riot victims, submitted the chargesheet should be filed before the concerned court and summons issued against the accused to face the trial.
The Special Prosecutor, appointed by the Delhi High Court to deal with the 1984 riots cases, also told the court that the chargesheet specifically mentioned that there was sufficient evidence to proceed against Kumar but no action was taken against him stating that his arrest might create law and order problem.