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1984 riots: Govt official to be cross examined on March 11

New Delhi: A Delhi court today fixed March 11 for cross examination of a senior Delhi government official, who is a prosecution witness in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case in which Congress leader Sajjan Kumar



The court had earlier asked the witness to segregate the documents, which the defense can see and which they cannot see, from the sanction file.

He was also asked to sort out the part of the file on which the official is claiming privilege.  

Singh was earlier asked by the court to produce records relating to grant of sanction to prosecute Kumar and three other accused in the case.

He had, however, sought time to seek permission from the Lieutenant Governor's (LG) office for showing records of sanction of January, 1, 2010 and later on filed an affidavit seeking “privilege” for not producing the complete file containing official notings.

The affidavit was opposed by Kumar and others on the ground that the prosecution cannot withhold documents as the court has to see whether sanction granted by government to prosecute the accused was valid or not.

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