Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 12: The Supreme Court has issued notice on a plea by Sikh leader Sudershan Singh Wazir challenging the Delhi High Court’s recent order that stayed his discharge order in a murder case and directed him to surrender.
A bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Augustine George Masih stayed the direction to surrender and also directed that the trial proceedings against Wazir would not proceeded until further notice.
During the hearing, Justice Oka questioned the High Court’s decision to stay the discharge order issued by the trial court. “How order of discharge can be stayed? Staying an order of discharge is completely unheard of,” observed Justice Oka.
The Supreme Court issued notice returnable on January 28, 2025, with Wazir’s case to be listed among the first five cases on that date.
Sudershan Singh Wazir, the former President of the Jammu and Kashmir State Gurdwara Parbandhak Board, faces allegations related to the murder of former National Conference MLC Trilochan Singh Wazir in September 2021. On November 4, the Delhi High Court single bench of Justice Anish Dayal allowed an application by the prosecution to stay the discharge order that had been passed by the trial court in favor of Wazir and several co-accused.
The trial court, on October 26, 2023, had discharged Sudershan Singh Wazir, along with co-accused Balbir Singh, Harpreet Singh Khalsa, and Rajinder Chaudhary, while retaining murder charges against another accused, Harmeet Singh.
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