The Supreme Court, while rejecting interim bail application of Anti-Sikh riot convict, on ground that his medical condition is stable and is improving.
Sajjan Kumar, who had been serving life sentence in the 1984 Anti-Sikh Riot case, had filed bail application on ground that his medical condition is not stable.
The counsel on behalf of convict had submitted that he needs to be taken to the private hospital as the government hospital could not verify the reason behind detriment of his health condition.
When earlier the matter had been posted before the apex court, it directed a state hospital to look into the matter and verify the same. The matter had been posted today wherein the bench had been informed that convict’s health condition is as stable as to be kept in prison.
The bench further stated that the convict is an accused for heinous offences and had been sentenced to life imprisonment for the “remainder of his life.” The facts of the case date back to 1984 when five Sikhs had been murdered and gurudwara had been burnt down.
The bench remarked that the case at hand is not a small one and thus denied the bail. It further declined the plea for hospitalization on the ground that the health condition is stable.
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