CBI may book Sajjan for sedition

“Sedition is a grave charge. The riots he instigated were against the law and order and against the government,” a CBI counsel said.

According to Section 124A,“anyone who provokes a feeling of hatred,contempt,or disaffection towards government established by law is liable for imprisonment from three years to lifetime.”

The charges will be filed when the trial begins next month.

Earlier this year at the Tis Hazari courts,the investigating agency had filed chargesheets against the Congress leader and others in two separate cases —- one relating to killing of five persons in the Delhi Cantonment area and the other pertaining to numerous deaths in Sultanpuri.

Sajjan Kumar has been chargesheeted under various sections of the IPC,including 302 (murder),153-A (rioting) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy).

While the chargesheets were filed at Tis Hazari,the cases were later transferred to Karkardooma courts under Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Lokesh Kumar,who later shifted them to the sessions court as he did not have the power to hear murder cases. The case is now with the special CBI court.

The CBI was given the green signal by Lieutenant-Governor Tejendra Khanna to prosecute the leader for murder and spreading enmity between two communities.

The CBI’s murder charges against the Congress leader includes four cases — two in Sultanpuri and one each in Mongolpuri and Delhi Cantonment area.

“We have strong evidence in the cases,” a CBI counsel said.

The only uphill task the CBI faces now is to explain the time lapse. “It has been 26 years since the riots. We have to explain why charges were not filed earlier,” the counsel said.