1984 riots: Court relief to woman who lost husband
(WorldNews India)

It took courage for Satnami Bai (58) to recount how her husband was beaten with sticks and burnt to death by a mob during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Advertising When she finally got her chance to depose in 1996, she named a man and claimed he was the leader of the mob. But when the suspect was produced before her, she failed to identify him. She believed it was a minor lapse; instead she faced a 23-year trial after the then sessions judge, S N Dhingra, filed a complaint against her on November 13, 1996, accusing her of giving a false statement to the court. She spent the...