SC refuses to grant interim bail to Sajjan Kumar in anti-Sikh riots case

Supreme Court On Friday refused to grant interim bail to former Member of Parliament MP and Congress leader Sajjan Kumar convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the 1984 antiSikh riots case after noting that his medical condition is stable and improvingA twojudge bench of the apex court headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and also comprising Justice Hrishikesh Roy refused to grant interim bail to the petitioner and the convict in 1984 antiSikh riots case Sajjan KumarAs Kumars lawyer submitted to apex court and sought to allow him to be treated for his bad health condition at Medanta Hospital at his own cost the court said that he cannot be treated as a super VIPWe are not inclined to grant bail the Supreme Court saidThe Supreme Court had on the last hearing on August 24 asked the probe agency CBI to find out and ascertain the medical health condition of 1984 antiSikh riots case convict and former Congress leader and exMP Kumar who has sought immediately interim bail on his worsening health grounds and it asked the CBI to file an affidavit by September 6Also read SC denies bail to Sajjan Kumar in 1984 antiSikh riots caseThe former MP from Congress Party Kumar who is at present undergoing life imprisonment for his role in the 1984 antiSikh riots case had moved the Supreme Court seeking immediate interim bail on his worsening health conditionThe Supreme Court was hearing the bail application filed by Kumar seeking immediate release from jail as his health condition is deteriorating and thereby the Supreme Court should pass appropriate orders and or directions in this caseThe 75yearold former Congress leader and former MP Sajjan Kumar was convicted to life imprisonment for the brutal killing of five members of a family in Raj Nagar in Delhi during the 1984 antiSikh riots caseKumar in his bail application had contended before the apex court that he has been in jail since December 2018 and had lost almost around 810 kilograms since thenKumar who is the main accused in a case relating to the brutal killing of five members of a family in Raj Nagar in Delhi during the 1984 antiSikh riots case was convicted guilty on December 17 2018 by a Delhi court and was sentenced to life imprisonmentSenior advocate and former Additional Solicitor General ASG Vikas Singh appearing for Sajjan Kumar had raised the health issues of his client before the apex court and said that his clients bail application is still pending Singh pleaded to the apex court that Kumar should be immediately released from jail due to his worsening health conditionsSajjan Kumar had moved many times to the apex court seeking bail on health grounds but the court had almost rejected his petition all the time it came for hearingThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever