Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar has moved an appeal in Delhi High Court challenging his conviction and life sentences in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.

He was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in a case linked to the killing of two persons in the Saraswati Vihar area on November 1, 1984.

Appeal is listed for hearing on Friday, before the Division bench of justices Vivek Chaudhary and Manoj Jain.

He was sentenced to life imprisonment and a fine of rupees one lakh under Section 302 read with Section 149 of the IPC.

He had also been sentenced to life imprisonment and had a fine of rupees one lakh for destruction of property by fire under Section 436 read with 149 of IPC.

The Rouse Avenue court on February 25 awarded two life sentences to the former Congress MP. The court had r

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