 In April 2013, the Karkardooma district court in Delhi acquitted Sajjan Kumar, while convicting five others, leading to protests.On 27 August 2013, the Delhi High Court accepted an appeal filed by the CBI against Kumar's previous acquittal by a lower court.CBI stated that the trial court "erred in acquitting Sajjan Kumar as it was he who had instigated the mob during the riots".