<p>Additional Sessions Judge Sunita Gupta ordered framing of charges against Kumar besides Balwan Khokhar, Krishan Khokhar, Mahender Yadav, Captain Bhagmal and Girdhari Lal under various sections of IPC.<br /><br />The court framed charges under Sections 120-B (conspiracy), 302 (murder), 395 (dacoity), 427 (mischief causing damage to property), 153A (promoting enmity between different communities), 436 (mischief by fire or explosives) under the IPC.<br /><br />All the accused including Kumar pleaded not guilty and expressed their wilingness to contest the charges against them.<br /><br />The court had on May 15 ordered framing of charges against the Congress leader in an anti-Sikh riot case relating to murder and spreading enmity between two communities after finding prima-facie evidence against him.<br /><br />CBI had accused Kumar of provoking people against members of a particular community during the carnage that followed the assassination of prime minister Indira Gandhi on October 31, 1984, leading to the killing of five persons in Delhi Cantonment area.<br /><br />In his defence, Kumar had claimed before the lower court that the accounts of CBI witnesses were not reliable as they had changed their versions a number of times.<br /><br />The former Outer Delhi MP had also contended that the case against him could not stand as CBI re-registered it even though a Delhi court had given him a clean chit, accepting a cancellation report filed by Delhi Police.<br /><br />CBI had filed two chargesheets against Kumar and others on January 13 in the riots cases registered in 2005 on the recommendation of Justice G T Nanavati Commission which inquired into the sequence of events leading to the communal riots.</p>
<p>Additional Sessions Judge Sunita Gupta ordered framing of charges against Kumar besides Balwan Khokhar, Krishan Khokhar, Mahender Yadav, Captain Bhagmal and Girdhari Lal under various sections of IPC.<br /><br />The court framed charges under Sections 120-B (conspiracy), 302 (murder), 395 (dacoity), 427 (mischief causing damage to property), 153A (promoting enmity between different communities), 436 (mischief by fire or explosives) under the IPC.<br /><br />All the accused including Kumar pleaded not guilty and expressed their wilingness to contest the charges against them.<br /><br />The court had on May 15 ordered framing of charges against the Congress leader in an anti-Sikh riot case relating to murder and spreading enmity between two communities after finding prima-facie evidence against him.<br /><br />CBI had accused Kumar of provoking people against members of a particular community during the carnage that followed the assassination of prime minister Indira Gandhi on October 31, 1984, leading to the killing of five persons in Delhi Cantonment area.<br /><br />In his defence, Kumar had claimed before the lower court that the accounts of CBI witnesses were not reliable as they had changed their versions a number of times.<br /><br />The former Outer Delhi MP had also contended that the case against him could not stand as CBI re-registered it even though a Delhi court had given him a clean chit, accepting a cancellation report filed by Delhi Police.<br /><br />CBI had filed two chargesheets against Kumar and others on January 13 in the riots cases registered in 2005 on the recommendation of Justice G T Nanavati Commission which inquired into the sequence of events leading to the communal riots.</p>