NEW DELHI, India—A metropolitan court reserved it’s decision regarding the bail plea of Sajjan Kumar in a case pertaining to the massacring five Sikhs namely Kehar Singh, Narinderpal Singh, Raghuvender Singh, Gurpreet Singh and Kuldeep Singh in cantonment’s Raj Nagar area. The bail plea was moved by Sajjan Kumar on December 19 and now the Court is to pronounce a decision on anticipatory bail at 2:30 pm on December 21.

In the ongoing trial of Sajjan Kumar in a case relating to the brutal murder of Sikhs during the Sikh genocide of 1984, the accused attempted to move a petition in the High Court seeking the change of the appointed court judge in October. Sajjan Kumar had alleged in the plea that Justice PS Teji was a Sikh and may pass a biased judgement as he had also handled the trial of same case. Rejecting his plea, the High Court had then slammed Kumar by saying that it would be a unique day in history when the petitioner gets to choose his own judge.

The CBI had also told the Court that Sajjan Kumar and other accused in the case of murdering seven Sikhs during 1984 Sikh genocide were trying to delay the proceedings of the case. CBI had also made it clear that Justice PS Teji didn’t hear the case in Trial Court instead he had entertained the bail pleas of accused which were rejected.