Life Imprisonment  

After Congress leader Sajjan Kumar was sentenced to life imprisonment for his involvement in the 1984 anti-Sikh pogrom, MyNation looks back at some harrowing incidents from the days of the riots

The court also upheld the life imprisonment sentences of ex-Congress councillor Balwan Khokhar, retired Navy officer Captain Bhagmal and Girdhari Lal. The sentences of former MLA Mahendra Yadav and Kishan Khokhar have been increased from three to 10 years of imprisonment.
 

Here is a list of prominent politicians, all from the Congress, accused of leading or inciting mobs to massacre Sikhs following the assassination of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in the hands of her guards who happened to be Sikhs
 

The President Pranab Mukherjee on April 27, 2015, had rejected the mercy petition submitted by Antony. The plea presented in 2010 was rejected after five years. 

Muniyappan was released from jail under Tamil Nadu government's premature release scheme. Muniyappan, along with two others, torched the bus in protest against the Supreme Court verdict in 2000.

'Three officers along with four jawans were cashiered by Summary General Court Martial (SGCM) held at Dinjan has pronounced judgment in an encounter case of 1994 in Northeast. The court martial has recommended life imprisonment also for the guilty,' Army sources said

Investigations found an influential quarter of the then BNP-led government, including Tarique Rahman, masterminded and sponsored the attackers - the operatives of militant Harkatul Jihad al Islami (HuJI)