All decks cleared for “mass killer of Sikhs” Sajjan Kumar to spend the rest of his life in Tihar prison beginning New Year 2019.

The Delhi High Court today summarily rejected the request for extension of one month to go to prison sought by convicted Congress leader Sajjan Kumar citing shock and family affairs as the reasons for seeking one months’ time.

The 15-point request filed by Sajjan Kumar yesterday could not convince the Delhi High Court to grant him more time. One of the grounds for grace was that he “wants to spend more time with his grandchildren.” Yesterday, appearing in the court in person, he had surrendered his mobile phone as directed by the court in its conviction order.

Having destroyed the lives of hundreds of thousands of Sikhs, Sajjan Kumar had the temerity to seek reprieve because, “at present he is under shock and surprise in view of the order of acquittal having been set aside and conviction” and that the “applicant believes he is innocent”.

On 17 December, the Delhi High Court had overturned the order of the trial court which had acquitted Sajjan Kumar and convicted him for life and extended the prison terms of four other accused.

Though the lawyers of Sajjan Kumar have said that the would challenge the conviction order in the Supreme Court, it appears that the “mass killer of Sikhs”, as described by victim families will have to spend the rest of his life, beginning the first day of the New Year 2019 in Tihar prison.

The Congress party has been benumbed by the judgment and so far the Indian National Congress party chief Rahul Gandhi has refrained from making any comment. The party has many things to answer including the fact that the party had him as a Member Parliament even after the full knowledge that he had instigated lumpens and had conspired to murder Sikhs in various of the city of Delhi in the first week of November 1984. The party had been overzealous in protecting him in the last three decades.

Ace advocate Harvinder Singh Phoolka appeared for the victim families and opposed the request of the lawyers of Sajjan Kumar.