’84: HC seeks response against death sentence

New Delhi, December 11

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought a response from the police on a plea by convict Yashpal Singh challenging the death sentence awarded to him in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.

Singh has filed the appeal against his conviction and sentence by a trial court here. He has also filed a bail plea in the matter. A Bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal also issued notice to Singh on the reference to confirm his death sentence.

The Bench issued production warrant for Singh, who is lodged in the Tihar Jail after his conviction by the trial court on November 14. He was sentenced to death on November 20. The trial court had also awarded life term to co-convict Naresh Sherawat in the case relating to the killing of two men in New Delhi during the 1984 riots—the first convictions in the cases reopened by the SIT. — PTI