Click to play videoNew Delhi: After evading arrest for almost 10 days, Congress leader Sajjan Kumar finally got some reprieve in the form of an anticipatory bail from the Delhi High Court on Friday. But the bail happened only after Sajjan had made a full mockery of the judicial system.
Sajjan, who has been accused of being one of the masterminds of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi, failed to appear twice before the courts despite non bailaible warrants against him.
"Today (Friday) the High Court granted us anticipatory bail on a personal surety of Rs 50,000 and a bail bond of Rs 50,000," said Sajjan's lawyer IU Khan.
But his bail quickly snowballed into a political crisis with Akali Dal MPs raising slogans in Parliament, protesting against the court's decision.
For the families of riot victims, the Sajjan's bail was yet another evidence of the former MP's proximity to the Congress high command that helped him once again, especially when the party chose to remain silent even after the former MP went missing.
"He has evaded arrest not the Congress. Don't mix the two," said Delhi Chief Minister and Congress leader Sheila Dikshit.
Sajjan went missing from his residence on February 17, the day a lower court issued a non bailable warrant against him.
he continued to evade arrest till the time he got reprieve from the High Court. Now it seems that the Congress, the CBI and even the Delhi Police had almost been helping him in exercising his legal options.
Earlier this week the Delhi Police suspended Sajjan's PSO for making a false complaint suggesting that the Congress leader had gone missing.
Sources now say that this was more of a face saving measure and the officer would be re-instated soon.
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