{"id":305852,"date":"2018-11-20T12:24:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T12:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=305852"},"modified":"2018-11-20T12:24:00","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T12:24:00","slug":"death-sentence-for-one-convict-life-term-for-another-in-1984-anti-sikh-riots-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/death-sentence-for-one-convict-life-term-for-another-in-1984-anti-sikh-riots-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Death sentence for one convict, Life term for another in 1984 anti-Sikh Riots Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-305853 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Screenshot_20181120-170211__01-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"428\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/11\/Screenshot_20181120-170211__01-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/11\/Screenshot_20181120-170211__01-768x531.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/11\/Screenshot_20181120-170211__01-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/11\/Screenshot_20181120-170211__01-218x150.jpg 218w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/11\/Screenshot_20181120-170211__01-696x481.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/11\/Screenshot_20181120-170211__01.jpg 839w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/11\/Screenshot_20181120-170211__01-608x420.jpg 608w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">A Delhi court on Tuesday pronounced death sentence to one victim and awarded life term to another for killing two men during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The court held Yashpal Singh and Naresh Sehrawat guilty of killing Hardev Singh and Avtar Singh in south Delhi&#8217;s Mahipalpur during the riots.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The court announced death sentence for Yashpal and life imprisonment for Naresh.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">This is the first sentencing in the case after the Special Investigation Team (SIT) was formed in 2015 by the home ministry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">According to sources, several police officers were present outside the Patiala House Court to avoid any kind of untoward incident.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">As per the official records, over 2,800 Sikhs were killed across India after former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi&#8217;s assassination by a Sikh bodyguard.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Delhi court on Tuesday pronounced death sentence to one victim and awarded life term to another for killing two men during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. The court held Yashpal Singh and Naresh Sehrawat guilty of killing Hardev Singh and Avtar Singh in south Delhi&#8217;s Mahipalpur during the riots. 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