1984 anti-Sikh riots: SC rejects bail petition of Balwan Khokhar serving life term

New Delhi, February 3: The Supreme Court on Friday rejected the bail petition of Balwan Khokhar, one of the convicts in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. The former Delhi Congress councillor is serving life term in the 1984 anti-Sikh riot case.

Earlier in the month of January, the Supreme Court had sought response from the CBI with regard to the bail plea of former Congress councillor Balwan Khokhar on several grounds, including having already served almost nine years in jail.

Besides Khokhar, former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar and former MLA Mahender Yadav are serving life imprisonment and 10-year jail term respectively in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.

Taking up the case on Friday, the Supreme Court refused to hear the bail application and said "your case is serious".