Why Sajjan Kumar was not sentenced to death
A Delhi court on Tuesday sentenced former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar to life imprisonment in a 1984 anti -Sikh riots case. The court said that Kumar has been punished less rigorous instead of death penalty in view of Kumar’s old age and diseases. Special Judge Kaveri Baweja gave the verdict on 1 November 1984 in the case related to the murder of Jaswant Singh and his son Tarundeep Singh. Justice Baweja said that the crimes committed by Kumar were undoubtedly cruel and condemnable, but there were some factors including his 80 -year -old and diseases that were “in favor of punishing him less rigorous instead of death penalty.”
What did the court say on the Sajjan Kumar case?
Indian law provides for maximum death penalty for the crime of murder, while punishment of minimum life imprisonment. The court said, “According to the report of the jail authorities, the ‘satisfactory’ conduct of the criminal, the diseases with which he is suffering, the criminal is in the society and the scope of improvement and rehabilitation is included in the factors which are my opinion which is my opinion In favor of the sentence of life imprisonment instead of death penalty in the verdict. ” The court said that “no complaint has been revealed about Kumar’s behavior” and according to the report of the jail authorities, his conduct was “satisfactory”. Justice Baweja said that the matter is part of the same incident and it can be seen as a continuity of the same incident, for which Kumar was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Delhi High Court on 17 December 2018.
Murdered during anti -Sikh riots
Kumar was convicted by the High Court for the death of five people during an incident of riots after the assassination of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Justice Baweja said, “The killing of two innocent persons in the current case is not sure no less crime, but in my opinion the above circumstances do not make it ‘rarely the rarest case’, for which it is appropriate to give death sentence.” He said that Kumar was sentenced to life imprisonment to be a part of the mob, who had set the house of the victims on fire, looted his belongings and “brutally murdered” the two members of the family.
What did Justice say?
Citing the jail report, Justice Baweja said that due to poor health, Kumar is not able to do his daily work properly. He looked at the psychological and mental assessment report of the convict, which shows that he was undergoing treatment in the Department of Medicine, Urology and Neurology of Safdarjung Hospital and was suggested to him. Justice Baweja said that Kumar has not seen any symptoms or signs of mental illness and does not currently need any psychological intervention. He also imposed a fine of about Rs 2.40 lakh on Kumar. The court ordered Kumar to run all the punishment of Kumar simultaneously.
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