New Delhi: Soon after the Supreme Court sentenced Congress leader and former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu to one-year imprisonment in a three-decade-old road rage case, Sidhu said on Thursday he “will submit to the majesty of law.”
Will submit to the majesty of law ….
— Navjot Singh Sidhu (@sherryontopp) May 19, 2022
On December 27, 1988, Sidhu allegedly hit Gurnam Singh on his head, leading to his death. Later, a review plea was filed by the family of the deceased.
1988 Road Rage Case:
The Congress leader was acquitted in connection with the culpable homicide charges but was convicted of the offence of voluntarily causing hurt. The court had earlier imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 on Sidhu and had acquitted Sidhu’s associate, Rupinder Singh Sandhu, in the case.
The Sessions Court Judge of Patiala had on September 22, 1999, acquitted Sidhu and his associate, due to a lack of evidence in the case and giving the benefit of the doubt.
It was then challenged by the victim’s families before the Punjab and Haryana High Court, which had in 2006, convicted and sentenced Sidhu to three years imprisonment. Sidhu then filed an appeal before the apex court challenging this order.
Sidhu had allegedly hit Gurnam Singh during a road rage incident. The incident took place on December 27, 1988.
(With agency inputs)