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Supreme Court Defers Sajjan Kumar, Balwan Khokhar Sentence Appeals to Sept. 24

The delay follows the absence of the CBI’s counsel in the 1984 riots case.

Former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar

Overview

  • Justices J K Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi rescheduled the hearing after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the CBI, was unavailable.
  • The pleas contest sentences tied to the killings of five Sikhs in Raj Nagar Part‑I on November 1–2, 1984, and the burning of a gurdwara in Raj Nagar Part‑II.
  • The Delhi High Court upheld Balwan Khokhar’s life sentence in 2018, and it reversed Sajjan Kumar’s trial court acquittal in 2013.
  • In July 2024, the Supreme Court asked the CBI to respond to Khokhar’s plea seeking reprieve.
  • Balwan Khokhar has pointed to a furlough denial on September 26, 2024, and a bail plea dismissed on February 3, 2023, stating he has served about 8.7 years.