India, Oct. 7 -- Former Congress councillor Balwan Khokhar, convicted and sentenced to life in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, has moved Delhi High Court seeking release on three weeks' furlough to reconnect with his family.

Khokhar, along with four others, was convicted in 2013 by a trial court for murder and rioting. However, former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar was acquitted in the same case. The case dates back to November 1, 1984 when five Sikh individuals were killed and a gurdwara in Ghaziabad's Raj Nagar was torched following the assassination of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

In December 2018, Delhi High Court upheld Khokhar's conviction and sentence, while overturning the acquittal of Kumar. Khokhar's appeal against the hi...