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Court Refuses Sajjan’s Plea in Anti-Sikh Riots Cases

A court in Delhi has refused a plea moved by senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar seeking certain documents pertaining to the chargesheets filed against him in 1984 anti-sikh riot cases, reported PTI.

The court cited that the application aimed to cause hindrance in the progress of the case and sent the case for trial before a Special CBI Court against Kumar and others, said report.

“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,” additional chief metropolitan magistrate Lokesh Kumar Sharma was quoted as saying.

“Under the garb of application the accused is trying to set up his defence by placing his documents and records,” he was quoted as saying.

Through the application, Kumar sought documents and statement of witnesses which investigating agency recorded while looking into the matter, said report.

“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 was quoted as saying.

Counsel for Kumar IU Khan contended that the CBI could not produce documents required for the just decision of the court but had difficulty persuading the court with regard to the contents of the documents running into over 100 pages, report said.

“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 was quoted as saying.

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