Will seek permission from LG to bring records:Witness to court

A Delhi government official today told a local court, trying Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, that he will seek permission from the office of LG for showing records related to grant of sanction to prosecute accused in the matter.
Vishwendra Singh, the then deputy secretary (Home) of Delhi government, deposed as a prosecution witness before district judge J R Aryan and said if permission is not granted by the office of Lieutenant Governor to show the records regarding grant of sanction by the LG on January, 1, 2010, he will file an affidavit in the court.

Singh, who is now private secretary of LG of Delhi, was earlier asked to produce records relating to grant of sanction to prosecute.
He is a formal prosecution witness, who has been brought by the CBI to prove sanction to prosecute Sajjan Kumar and other accused under section 153A (causing disharmony between different communities) and 295 (injuring or defiling place of worship with intent to insult the religion of any class) of the IPC.
The court fixed January 28 for further recording the statement of the witness.
Apart from Sajjan Kumar, Brahmanand Gupta, Peru, and Ved Prakash are also facing trial for the charges of murder and rioting in connection with the case of killing of Surjit Singh in Sultanpuri here.

The court had on January 10 commenced the trial in the case by recording the statement of Singh who was unable to give details regarding the sanction issue without looking at the documents.