New Delhi: The Delhi high court on Tuesday reserved its order on a plea by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases, seeking to cancel the anticipatory bail granted to Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in two matters.

Justice Anu Malhotra heard the arguments of the counsel for the SIT, Sajjan Kumar and riot victims and said it would pass an order. During the hearing, additional solicitor general Sanjay Jain, appearing for the SIT that is probing the charges against Kumar, argued that the trial court’s order granting anticipatory bail to the leader was “perverse” and there were overwhelming circumstances which were ignored.

“The observations in the bail order show that the order was perverse. In a matter of such a magnitude, if anticipatory bail is put up before the trial court, it is imperative upon the judge to consider the material gathered by prosecuting agency, which is SIT in this case,” Mr Jain contended.

He argued the trial court’s bail order ought not to have been passed, and should be set aside. While reading out the witnesses’ statements, he said the sessions judge had observed that the evidence was hearsay.