Congress leader Sajjan Kumar's plea to let him use a 1984 anti-Sikh riots victim's statement to judicial commissions to defend himself was today allowed by the Delhi High Court.

Setting aside the trial court's June 2 decision which had dismissed Kumar's plea, Justice Pratibha Rani asked all the parties to appear before the trial court on August 6.

The veteran Congress leader had moved the high court during the summer vacation against denial of the permission to use victim Jagdish Kaur's statements to various judicial commissions, which had probed the 1984 riots.

The trial court had dismissed Kumar's plea on June 2 saying Kaur's statements to judicial commissions cannot be used for any purpose, including that for discrediting her testimony or to impeach her.