A Delhi court docket on Monday directed the CBI to hint a witness in a 1984-anti Sikh riots case in opposition to Congress chief Jagdish Tytler.
Particular CBI choose Jitendra Singh granted one other alternative to CBI to hint and summon Manmohan Kaur, who’s a prosecution witness (PW) in opposition to Tytler within the case.
The choose, who beforehand summoned Kaur, was knowledgeable by the central probe company that Kaur was untraceable.
The court docket on Monday recorded the assertion of one other prosecution witness, Bal Kishan Arya whereas summoning different witnesses, particularly, Anuj Sinha and N D Pancholi on December 20.
“The general public prosecutor for CBI requests that PW Anuj Sinha, as per the listing of witnesses, be summoned for the following date. He additional seeks yet another alternative to make an effort to summon PW Manmohan Kaur and PW N D Pancholi. Heard. The request is allowed. IO is directed to hint the stated witnesses. At request, let Manmohan Kaur, N D Pancholi and Anuj Sinha be summoned for the following date,” the choose stated.
Tytler appeared earlier than the court docket in particular person.
The case is linked to the killings of three Sikhs at Gurudwara Pul Bangash within the nationwide capital in 1984.
The choose on November 12 concluded recording the assertion of Lakhvinder Kaur, the widow of Badal Singh who was killed by a mob at Gurudwara Pul Bangash in the course of the riots.
The court docket framed fees of homicide and different offences in opposition to Tytler on September 13.
A witness claimed that Tytler got here out of a white automobile in entrance of Gurudwara Pul Bangash on November 1, 1984, and instigated a mob in opposition to the Sikhs resulting in the “homicide” of three folks.
A periods court docket in 2023 granted anticipatory bail to Tytler within the case on a private bond of ₹1 lakh and a surety of like quantity.
Tytler was directed to not tamper with the proof within the case or go away the nation with out the court docket’s permission, amongst different situations.
The company invoked fees underneath Sections 147 (rioting), 109 (abetment) learn with 302 (homicide) of the IPC, amongst others, in opposition to him.
