1984 riots: Court rejects Sajjan Kumar's plea

June 02, 2012 16:40

A court in Delhi today rejected a plea filed by Congress leader Sajjan Kumar asking if witnesses can be confronted with their affidavits submitted to the judicial commissions set up to examine the 1984 riots cases.

Kumar is facing trial in one of these cases.

District Judge J R Aryan had reserved his order on the plea on May 26 after hearing arguments of the counsels for the CBI and the accused.

In his application, the former Outer Delhi MP has said that prosecutor RS Cheema had on July 12, 2010, made a statement in the court that affidavits and statement of a key witness and complainant Jagdish Kaur recorded by GT Nanavati and Ranganath Mishra Commissions cannot be used because of contradictions, reports NDTV.

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