Navjot Singh Sidhu Faces 1 Year Jail term in 1988 Road Rage Case

Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu was sentenced to a 1-year jail term in a three decade old road rage case.

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The Supreme Court on Thursday sentenced Sidhu because a person had died in the road rage case.

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On December 27, 1988, Sidhu and one of his associates, Rupinder Singh Sandhu, had allegedly hit one Gurnam Singh on his head.

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An altercation between them caused the incident and Gurnam Singh later died.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu accepted the SC verdict, tweeting "Will submit to the majesty of law …."

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The top court had convicted Sidhu for the offence of "voluntarily causing hurt" in 2018 but had acquitted him in connection with the culpable homicide charges.

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