On whether Tytler and Sajjan Kumar should be given tickets looking at the Sikh emotions, he said "I cannot answer the question. Because I am not the judge, I am not the court. I think it is quite improper for anyone to pronounce a person either guilty or innocent."

Chidambaram said his message to Sikh community would be that law has to take its course. Those who have been charge-sheeted have to be tried by court of law. Some will be punished and some will be acquitted either on technical grounds want of evidence.

"But the Sikh community must have faith to best of my knowledge no one in the government is trying to whitewash anything. No one is trying to pressure the court or to influence the court," he said.