Punjab Congress leader and former cricketer, Navjot Singh Sidhu has landed in trouble as the 30-year-old road rage case has re-surfaced.
In 1988, Navjot Singh Sidhu got into a verbal fight with 65-year-old Gurnam Singh. Following the fight, he slapped the man who was declared dead on reaching the hospital.
The Punjab and Haryana high court found the former cricketer guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder and he was given announced a jail term of 3 years. However, the Supreme Court had granted him the bail later.
Now as per ANI, Punjab Government has requested Supreme Court to uphold the conviction of Sidhu.
Punjab government seeks conviction of #Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu in a road rage case. Lawyer appearing for the Punjab government told Supreme Court that the statement given by Sidhu denying his involvement in the case was false. (File pic) pic.twitter.com/ELRMpwsZkA
— ANI (@ANI) April 12, 2018
The victim’s family has also appealed SC to enhance the jail term of Sidhu.
1988 road rage case involving Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu: Victim family has appealed to the Supreme Court that earlier imprisonment sentence of 3 years given by Punjab & Haryana HC should be enhanced. Punjab government has appealed to the SC to uphold 3-year imprisonment.
— ANI (@ANI) April 12, 2018
Addressing the bench, the state government counsel told that Gurnam Singh had died of brain hemorrhage, and not cardiac arrest-
“There is not a single evidence that suggest that the cause of death was cardiac arrest and not brain hemorrhage. The trial court verdict was rightly set aside by the High Court. Accused A1 (Navjot Singh Sidhu) had given fiesty blow to deceased Gurnam Singh leading to his death through brain hemorrhage.”
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