1984 anti-Sikh riots: Delhi court sends case against Jagdish Tytler to district judge for further proceedings

New Delhi: A Delhi court yesterday sent a case related to the Pul Bangash killings during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, in which Congress leader Jagdish Tytler is an accused, to the district judge for further proceedings. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vidhi Gupta Anand sent the case to the district judge so that the matter could be committed to a



sessions judge, noting that Tytler, a former union minister, was accused of murder (punishable under sections 302 of IPC), an offence “exclusively triable” by ‘Courts of Sessions’.

 

The offence entails a maximum punishment of the death penalty in the rarest of rare cases.