Former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar was on Tuesday awarded life imprisonment by special court in murder case in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
The court on February 12 convicted Sajjan Kumar for the offence and sought a report from Tihar Central Jail authorities on his psychiatric and psychological evaluation in view of a Supreme Court order asking for such a report in cases attracting capital punishment.
The minimum punishment for murder is life imprisonment whereas the maximum is death.
The complainant in the case, who lost her husband and son in a mob attack during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots allegedly incited by Kumar, requested the maximum penalty of death for him.
“The accused, as the leader of the mob, incited others to carry out genocide, crimes against humanity, and cold-blooded murders. He deserves nothing less than the death penalty,” news agency PTI had quoted the argument of senior advocate HS Phoolka, representing the complainant.
