The prosecution on Tuesday sought death penalty for former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar in a murder case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, calling it a “rarest of rare” crime.
Special judge Kaveri Baweja was informed on the contention in a written submission filed by the prosecution.
The minimum punishment for murder is life imprisonment.
The judge deferred the matter to February 21 after Kumar’s counsel sought time to argue the matter, saying lawyers were abstaining from work on Tuesday in protest of the Advocate Amendment Bill, 2025.
Complainant’s counsel senior advocate H S Phoolka supported the prosecution’s demand for death penalty and sought time to argue.
Kumar is currently lodged in Tihar jail.