Wednesday, April 7, 2010

'84 riots: No action on one FIR

NEW DELHI: It's a development that could have wide ramifications in the ongoing trial of cases pertaining to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

In a major outcome of the work by a Delhi High Court-appointed panel of special prosecutors in the 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases, one of the prosecutors has come across an FIR registered in 1987 in Nangloi police station whose fate is still unknown.

The victims' association is alleging that the reason for the FIR not being pursued is because former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar figures in it as one of the accused. However, this charge can be established only in court.

Suspecting bungling, special prosecutor B S Joon has filed an application in the court of additional sessions judge V K Goyal seeking to know the status of FIR No 67/87, which was claimed to have been clubbed by Delhi Police with another FIR for a joint trial. The application, however, states that while the trial has already begun in the first FIR, FIR 67/87 has never met its logical conclusion. "From the record, it is not clear whether the accused arrayed in FIR 67/87 was summoned for prosecution or not during the trial of present case...Even witnesses in the FIR have not been summoned for their deposition in the court,'' Joon stated while asking the court to ascertain the status of the FIR.

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With thanks : source : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/84-riots-No-action-on-one-FIR/articleshow/5768211.cms

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