New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear the bail software filed by 74-year-old former Congress chief, Sajjan Kumar on Thursday (March 18).
Kumar is convicted to life imprisonment for the brutal killing of 5 members of a household in Raj Nagar in Delhi, in the course of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
A 3-judge bench of the Apex Court, headed by the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sharad Arvind Bobde and in addition comprising Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian will hear the bail software filed by Kumar.
Kumar in his bail software had contended earlier than the Apex Court that he has been in jail since December 2018 and had misplaced virtually round 8-10 kilograms since then.
Kumar, who’s the principle accused in a case relating to the killing of 5 members of a household, was convicted responsible, on December 17, 2018, by a Delhi court docket and was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Last 12 months, the Supreme Court dismissed a plea of Sajjan Kumar, who was looking for interim bail on well being grounds.