India, July 22 -- New Delhi

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday declined to immediately suspend the conviction and sentence of Bihar legislator Raju Kumar Singh, of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in connection with the death of a woman during celebratory firing at his farmhouse in south Delhi's Fatehpur Beri on New Year's Eve in 2018, observing that the offence with which he was charged was serious.

A bench of justice Manoj Jain issued a notice in Singh's applications, sought a response from the Delhi Police, and asked for the same to be also issued to the family of the deceased. It scheduled the next hearing in the matter for July 23.

"It's unfortunate. Why should you seek suspension of conviction? Section 304 (IPC) is a serious offenc...