NEW DELHI, Jan. 23 -- A Delhi court on Thursday acquitted former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar of all charges related to leading a mob and inciting violence during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in the Capital's Janakpuri area, citing insufficient evidence and the belated naming of the accused by witnesses after a gap of over three decades.

The 60-page judgement, pronounced in open court by special judge (CBI) Dig Vinay Singh of Rouse Avenue Courts, based its findings on the fact that the witnesses named Kumar belatedly - after a gap of more than 30 years - casting doubts on the veracity of their accusations and presence of the former parliamentarian at the scene of the violence.

"There is no evidence of instigating any such mob or of conspiracy s...