The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar's plea for extension of time till January 30 to surrender, after being recently sentenced to life imprisonment in a case of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
The Delhi High Court said it saw no ground for granting the relief to Kumar.
On Monday, 73-year-old Kumar was directed by the Delhi High Court to surrender before authorities by December 31. He had moved a plea seeking extension of time to surrender.
Kumar had sought more time, till January 30, to surrender, saying he has to settle family affairs related to children and property and also needs time to file appeal in the Supreme Court against the Delhi High Court verdict. The application, filed through advocate Anil Dharma, had said Kumar was "under shock and surprise" since the time he has been convicted and he believed that he was innocent.
The case against Kumar relates to the killing of five Sikhs in Raj Nagar part-I area in Palam Colony in South West Delhi on November 1-2, 1984, and burning down of a Gurudwara in Raj Nagar part II during that period.
The riots had broken out after the assassination of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on October 31, 1984 by her two Sikh bodyguards.
