Navjot Singh Sidhu

The Supreme Court on Thursday sentenced former Punjab Congress chief and former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu to one year imprisonment in a 1988 road rage ...

The court had then convicted Sidhu of a milder offence of causing voluntarily hurt under Section 323 of the IPC. The bench said this court had been indulgent in ultimately holding Sidhu guilty of an offence of simple hurt under Section 323 of the IPC. The court noted it had missed out important material aspects that Sidhu was an international cricketer, tall and well built and aware of the force of a blow that even his hand would carry, when he hit the man, more than double his age.

Navjot Singh Sidhu, the former Punjab Congress president, was earlier let off with a fine of ₹1000 by the Supreme Court. | Latest News India.

The former Punjab Congress president was earlier let off with a fine of ₹1,000 by the top court. Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu was sentenced to one-year in prison by the Supreme Court on Thursday in a road rage case from 1988 in which one person was killed. - Navjot Singh Sidhu, the former Punjab Congress president, was earlier let off with a fine of ₹1000 by the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court on Thursday enhanced the sentence of cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Sidhu to one-year imprisonment In the 1988 road rage case in which ...

This may be understood where a blow may be given either by a physically fit person or to a more aged person,” the bench said. “It is not as if someone has to remind him of the extent of the injury which could be caused by a blow inflicted by him. Respondent no.1 (Sidhu) cannot say that he did not know the effect of the blow or plead ignorance on this aspect,” it said. “The result of the aforesaid is that the review applications/petitions are allowed to the aforesaid extent and in addition to the fine imposed we consider it appropriate to impose a sentence of imprisonment for a period of one-year rigorous imprisonment to be undergone by respondent no.1 (Sidhu),” a bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and S K Kaul said. Though the apex court had in May 2018 held Sidhu guilty of the offence of “voluntarily causing hurt” to a 65-year-old man, it spared him a jail term and imposed a fine of Rs 1,000. The Supreme Court Thursday imposed a sentence of one-year rigorous imprisonment on cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu in a 1988 road rage case, saying any “undue sympathy” to impose an inadequate sentence would do more harm to the justice system and undermine the public confidence in the efficacy of law.

The Supreme Court orders, according to the police officials, will first be received by the Punjab and Haryana High Court from where the same will be forwarded ...

But it held Sidhu guilty of causing hurt to a senior citizen. Sidhu and his associate, Rupinder Singh Sandhu, allegedly dragged Gurnam Singh out of his car and hit him. Immediately after his arrest, Sidhu will be taken to the local hospital for medical examination. On December 27, 1988, Sidhu got into an argument with Gurnam Singh, a resident of Patiala, over a parking spot. Sources say the action on the orders will begin around 12 AM and Sidhu's arrest is possible in the afternoon. "Will submit to the majesty of law" Sidhu had tweeted after the Supreme Court verdict.

After the Supreme Court imposed a one-year jail term on cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu in a 1988 road rage case on Thursday, the famil.

"...we feel there is an error apparent on the face of record .therefore, we have allowed the review application on the issue of sentence. This led to heated exchanges. In September 2018, the apex court had agreed to examine a review petition filed by the family members of the deceased and had issued the notice, restricted to the quantum of sentence. According to the prosecution, Sidhu and his aide Rupinder Singh Sandhu were in a Gypsy parked in the middle of a road near the Sheranwala Gate Crossing in Patiala on December 27, 1988, when the victim and two others were on their way to the bank to withdraw money. Whatever Baba Ji has done is right." Though the apex court had in May 2018 held Sidhu guilty of the offence of "voluntarily causing hurt" to a 65-year-old Gurnam Singh in the case, it spared him a jail term and imposed a fine of Rs 1,000.

India News: Former Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu was sentenced to one year's rigorous imprisonment by the Supreme Court on Thursday in a 1988 ...

any undue sympathy to impose inadequate sentences would do more harm to the justice system and undermine the public confidence in the efficacy of law,” it said. A fine of Rs 1,000 is grossly inadequate punishment for a crime involving the death of Gurnam Singh, the SC said and added, “A disproportionately light punishment humiliates and frustrates a victim of crime when the offender goes unpunished or is let off with a relatively minor punishment as the system pays no attention to the feelings of the injured. “Thus, when a 25-year-old man, who was an international cricketer, assaults a man more than twice his age and inflicts, even with his bare hands, a severe blow on his (victim’s) head, the unintended consequence of harm would still be properly attributable to him as it was reasonably foreseeable,” he said.

But the jail sentence is a serious setback for his political career. Sidhu recently resigned as the Congress party's chief in Punjab after his party was wiped ...

He appealed against the verdict in the Supreme Court which stayed the conviction, allowing him to retake his seat in a by-election. His witty and sharp style made him popular as a commentator. He retired from all forms of cricket in 1999 and after four years, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and became an MP. Over the years, he rose to become a prominent party leader and a star campaigner.