New Delhi. Former Team India batsman and former Punjab Congress President Navjot Singh Sidhu has suffered a major setback on Thursday. Actually, Navjot Singh Sidhu has got bad news for the Supreme Court in the 1988 road rage case. The court has reversed its decision in the 34-year-old case. The court has sentenced him to one year rigorous imprisonment in the road rage case. After which now Congress leader Sidhu will either be arrested or he will surrender. Let us tell you that earlier he was released after paying a fine of only one thousand rupees. At the same time, the Supreme Court has also mentioned the shloka of culture on the order of 24 pages of punishment to Navjot Singh Sidhu.
“Yathavayo yathakalam yath pranam cha brahmin.
Prayashchitam Pradatvyam Brahmanairdhardhapathakai:.
Yen shuddhimvaproti na cha pranarvijute.
Aarti va mahati yati na chachaitad vratmahadishe.
Actually, it means about ancient religious scriptures. Which means to punish a sinner according to his age, time and physical capacity. However, punishment also does not mean that the offender should die. This punishment is only for the criminal to correct him and correct his thinking. It states that it is not right in any sense to give punishment endangering the life of the offender.
On the other hand, Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu said ‘No Comment’ when the media asked him questions after getting the punishment from the Supreme Court.
#WATCH , Chandigarh: “No comment,” says Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu upon being asked about Supreme Court sentencing him to one-year rigorous imprisonment in a three-decade-old road rage case. pic.twitter.com/tzhDo99kO0
— ANI (@ANI) May 19, 2022
Know what is the matter-
Let us tell you that this matter is about 34 years old. When Sidhu and his friend had an argument with an elderly person regarding parking in Patiala. Not only this, the matter increased so much that even a scuffle had come between them. In this fight, a 65-year-old man named Gurnam Singh suffered a head injury. The elderly man had died during treatment in the hospital. After which the Punjab Police had registered a case of culpable homicide against Congress leader Sidhu and his friend. The police had also alleged that Navjot Sidhu had fled the spot.