New Delhi, December 22: Congress leader and convict in 1984 Anti-Sikh riots case Sajjan Kumar moved Supreme Court and filed an appeal against his conviction in the recent judgment of Delhi High Court. Yesterday, the Delhi High Court dismissed Kumar’s plea which sought more time to surrender. In the petition, Kumar, demanded time till January 30 to surrender after being recently sentenced to life imprisonment in the case.

The Congress leader was convicted on December 17, and sentenced to life imprisonment by a bench of Justices S Muralidhar and Vinod Goel. He was asked to surrender by December 31. The Court also directed him to not leave Delhi and levied a fine of Rs 5 lakh on him. Captain Bhagmal, Girdhari Lal and former Congress councillor Balwan Khokhar were also sentenced to life imprisonment.

The case relates to the killing of five Sikhs in Raj Nagar part-I area in Palam Colony in South West Delhi on November 1-2, 1984, and burning down of a Gurudwara in Raj Nagar part II during that period. On December 20, the Congress leader appeared before Patiala court in another case of anti-Sikh riots pertaining to the killings in Delhi’s Sultanpuri area. CBI registered the case on the recommendation of Nanavati Commission.

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