New Delhi: The Delhi High Court yesterday asked the police commissioner to consider a complaint to be filed on behalf of 1984 anti-Sikh riots victims seeking a CBI probe against police officials responsible for scuttling the charge-sheet, which was prepared it 20 years ago against senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar.
The plea said that charge sheet against Kumar prepared in 1992 but was never filed before the court, with the “sole purpose of saving and shielding Sajjan Kumar”.
A division bench of Chief Justice D Murugesan and Justice V K Jain disposing of the plea filed by the association of victims in the anti-Sikh riots, asked it to file the complaint before the commissioner of police, which will look into it.
“So far no complaint is lodged in this regard with the police. In the absence of any complaint pending, we are not inclined to issue any direction,” the court said. “We, however, made it clear that when petitioner files any complaint, the Commissioner of Police will look into it accordingly,” it said.
The court was hearing the PIL filed by November 84 Carnage Justice Committee, through senior advocate H S Phoolka seeking initiation of criminal proceedings against the guilty police officers on a “missing charge-sheet” prepared in 1992 against former Delhi MP Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, but was never brought before the court to seek his prosecution.
IANS
