New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sent notices to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI’s) and a group representing victims of the Uphaar fire tragedy on a petition filed by businessman Sushil Ansal, one of the 12 convicts in the case.
A lower court in Delhi on November 23 had found Sushil and his brother Gopal, owners of Uphaar cinema hall, to two-year jail term for causing death by negligence. The brothers are on bail.
The High Court on Tuesday issued notices and it said it would hear the again on January 2. Justice S N Dhingra rejected the CBI’s request for an earlier hearing.
"I have no problems in hearing the case but it could be possible only after the vacation. I have many judgments to pronounce. I can hear the matter on the opening day of the vacation," Justice Dhingra said.
Seven other convicts, Radha Krishan Sharma, N S Chopra, Ajit Chowdhary (Uphaar managers), Manmohan Unniyal (cinema's gatekeeper), Brij Mohan Satija, A K Gera and Bir Singh (officials of the Delhi Vidyut Board), held guilty for culpable homicide not amounting to murder, were awarded seven years rigorous imprisonment.
The other three, convicted for offences similar to that of Ansal brothers, were also given two years jail term each but were granted bail.
A fire at Uphaar on June 13, 1997, killed 59 people and injured 100 others.
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