Navjot Singh Sidhu Murder Case
Tuesday, December 27, 1988
Navjot Sidhu, a former flamboyant batsman and now an MP belonging to the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, had allegedly beaten up a man in 1988.
The man died after the alleged attack over a dispute over parking vehicles in Patiala city in northern Punjab state.
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Patiala district and session judge had acquitted Sidhu in September 1999 of the charge of causing death to Gurnam Singh following a scuffle. The Punjab government went to the High Court challenging the lower court verdict.
The High Court is expected to announce the sentencing to three years of rigorous imprisonment. Giving the quantum of punishment, Justice Mehtab Singh Gill and Justice Baldev Singh of Punjab and Haryana High Court suspended the sentence till January 31 to enable Sidhu to file a special leave petition in the Supreme Court. Effectively, this means that he won’t be arrested now.
Extending similar relief, the court also sentenced the other convict in the case, Rupinder Singh Sandhu, who happens to be the former cricketer’s friend to three years' rigorous imprisonment.
Both of them were fined Rs one lakh each and were directed to furnish a bail bond on or before December 8.