A Delhi court will hear on August 29 a case related to the Pul Bangash killings during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in which Congress leader Jagdish Tytler is an accused.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vidhi Gupta Anand adjourned the matter for a week after the CBI sought time to advance arguments on an application moved by Tytler, who sought certain documents.
Tytler appeared through video conferencing during the proceedings.
“PP (Public Prosecutor) for CBI seeks some time to file a reply to the aforesaid application. Be filed by the next date of hearing with an advance copy to counsel for the accused. The matter is now put up for reply if there are any arguments on the application or further proceedings on August 29,” the judge said.
Tytler was granted anticipatory bail by a sessions court on August 4 on a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh and one surety of the same amount. The court also imposed certain conditions on him, including that he would not tamper with the evidence in the case or leave the country without permission.
The magisterial court summoned Tytler on August 5, after taking cognizance of a supplementary charge sheet in the case that named the former union minister as an accused for the first time.
Three people were killed and a gurdwara was set on fire in the Pul Bangash area of Delhi on November 1, 1984, a day after the then prime minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards.