Overview
- A bench of Justices Vivek Chaudhary and Manoj Jain was unavailable, so the case was rescheduled to November 19 from the earlier listing.
- The Special Investigation Team alleges Kumar, then an MP, led a mob that burned the two men alive in Saraswati Vihar on November 1, 1984, and looted their home.
- A trial court convicted Kumar on February 12 and on February 25 imposed life imprisonment and a fine of about Rs 2.4 lakh, finding the matter did not merit the death penalty.
- In his appeal, Kumar calls the verdict erroneous, questions witness credibility, claims the complainants were planted for political vendetta, and points to earlier probes that found no case against him.
- Kumar remains in Tihar serving a separate life term from a 2018 Delhi High Court conviction linked to Palam Colony killings, as courts have described the 1984 violence as a crime against humanity that left over 2,700 dead in Delhi.