<p>New Delhi: A Delhi court is likely deliver on January 8 next year its verdict in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case against former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar.</p>.<p>Special Judge Kaveri Baweja, who was scheduled to pass the order on Monday, deferred the pronouncement.</p>.<p>"January 8 is the next date," the judge said.</p>.<p>Kumar, who is currently lodged in Tihar central jail, appeared before the court through video conference.</p>.<p>The case pertains to the alleged killings of two persons in Saraswati Vihar area during the anti-Sikh riots.</p>.<p>The court had reserved the judgment after hearing the final arguments in the case related to the killings of Jaswant Singh and his son Tarundeep Singh on November 1, 1984.</p>.<p>Though Punjabi Bagh police station registered the case initially, a special investigation team subsequently took over the investigation.</p>.1984 anti-Sikh riots: Court directs CBI to trace witness against Jagdish Tytler.<p>On December 16, 2021, the court framed charges against Kumar, finding a "prima facie" case against him.</p>.<p>According to the prosecution, a huge mob, armed with deadly weapons, resorted to large-scale looting, arson and destruction of properties of Sikhs to avenge the assassination of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.</p>.<p>The mob attacked the house of the complainant, Jaswant's wife, killing her husband and son apart from looting articles and setting their house ablaze, alleged the prosecution.</p>.<p>Putting Kumar on trial, the court order found sufficient material to form a "prima facie opinion that he was not only a participant, but had also led the mob".</p>
<p>New Delhi: A Delhi court is likely deliver on January 8 next year its verdict in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case against former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar.</p>.<p>Special Judge Kaveri Baweja, who was scheduled to pass the order on Monday, deferred the pronouncement.</p>.<p>"January 8 is the next date," the judge said.</p>.<p>Kumar, who is currently lodged in Tihar central jail, appeared before the court through video conference.</p>.<p>The case pertains to the alleged killings of two persons in Saraswati Vihar area during the anti-Sikh riots.</p>.<p>The court had reserved the judgment after hearing the final arguments in the case related to the killings of Jaswant Singh and his son Tarundeep Singh on November 1, 1984.</p>.<p>Though Punjabi Bagh police station registered the case initially, a special investigation team subsequently took over the investigation.</p>.1984 anti-Sikh riots: Court directs CBI to trace witness against Jagdish Tytler.<p>On December 16, 2021, the court framed charges against Kumar, finding a "prima facie" case against him.</p>.<p>According to the prosecution, a huge mob, armed with deadly weapons, resorted to large-scale looting, arson and destruction of properties of Sikhs to avenge the assassination of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.</p>.<p>The mob attacked the house of the complainant, Jaswant's wife, killing her husband and son apart from looting articles and setting their house ablaze, alleged the prosecution.</p>.<p>Putting Kumar on trial, the court order found sufficient material to form a "prima facie opinion that he was not only a participant, but had also led the mob".</p>