Navjot Singh Sidhu acquitted in 1988 Road Rage Case
Navjot Singh Sidhu not out!
In one of the most awaited verdicts, the Supreme Court on Tuesday acquitted Navjot Singh Sidhu in Road Rage Case 1988.
Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu convicted under section 323 and acquitted under section 304( (II) in 1988 road rage case by Supreme Court
Punjab cabinet minister and former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu is guilty of killing a man out of road rage 30 years ago. Mr Sidhu contends that the man had died of a cardiac arrest and not because he was punched in the head.
The 54-year-old was initially acquitted in the case in September 1999. But the high court had reversed the verdict in 2006. Mr Sidhu was found guilty of causing accidental death and was handed a 3-year-jail term and a fine of Rs. 1 lakh. The next year, the Supreme Court put the high court's decision on hold.
Sidhu, who is the tourism minister in the Amarinder Singh government in Punjab, had allegedly hit a 65-year-old man, Gurnam Singh, on the head during an argument over the parking of a car in Patiala in December 1988. The police claimed he fled after the attack. Gurnam Singh died in hospital.
Earlier, Punjab's Congress government decided to support the case against the minister in the Supreme Court. Chief Minister Amarinder Singh later explained what was seen by many as a surprise move, saying the government had been supporting the case and it could not contradict itself just because the Congress was in power.
-PTC News
