ANI, Chandigarh
Published by: Nivedita Verma
Updated Fri, 25 Feb 2022 11:11 AM IST
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This case is of December 1988. Sidhu collided with elder Gurnam Singh while going by car in Patiala. In anger, Sidhu punched him after which Gurnam Singh was killed.
Navjot Sidhu.
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Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu has requested the Supreme Court to dismiss the review petition filed against him in the road rage case. Sidhu, in response to the review petition, said that this incident happened 33 years ago and the petition is not maintainable. Sidhu also urged the Supreme Court not to modify his sentence in the case, citing his clean reputation. The review petition is to be heard in the Supreme Court on Friday.
Earlier on February 3, the Supreme Court had deferred the hearing till February 25 in the case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder during road rage on Navjot Sidhu. In this case, the Supreme Court in 2018 had sentenced Sidhu to a fine of only one thousand rupees. Thereafter, the aggrieved party filed a review petition on this.
The Supreme Court had on May 15, 2018 set aside the order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court which had sentenced Sidhu to three years’ imprisonment in the road rage case, holding him guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder. Though the Supreme Court found Sidhu guilty of intentionally causing hurt to a 65-year-old senior citizen, he did not sentence him to jail and imposed a fine of Rs 1,000. Under Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code, the punishment for this offense is a maximum of one year in jail or a fine of 1000 rupees or both.
case of 1988
This case is of December 1988. Sidhu collided with elder Gurnam Singh while going by car in Patiala. In anger, Sidhu punched him after which Gurnam Singh was killed. The Patiala police had registered a case of culpable homicide against Sidhu and his friend Rupinder Singh. Sidhu was acquitted by the trial court in 1999, but the Punjab Haryana High Court in 2006 sentenced Sidhu to three years’ imprisonment in the case. Sidhu was then a BJP MP from Amritsar. He resigned after the sentence. After this Sidhu challenged the High Court’s decision in the Supreme Court.