Supreme Court sentenced one year rigorous imprisonment to Navjot Singh Sindhu in 34 year old case

Former Punjab Congress President Navjot Singh Sidhu has suffered a major setback. The Supreme Court has sentenced Sidhu to one year rigorous imprisonment in the 34-year-old road rage case. Earlier, the Supreme Court had released him by imposing a fine of Rs 1 thousand. 

Navjot Singh Sidhu has given his reaction on the sentence. He tweeted that he will present himself for the glory of law. It is believed from this tweet that Sidhu will surrender before the court or police.

Sidhu is accused of assaulting Gurnam Singh 34 years ago in a road dispute in Patiala. Gurnam Singh died in the hospital. This case of Road Raid dates back to December 27, 1988. Navjot Singh Sidhu had run into an old man named Gurnam Singh while going by car in Patiala.

It is alleged that in anger Navjot Sidhu punched him, after which Gurnam Singh died. The Patiala police had registered a case of culpable homicide against Sidhu and his friend Rupinder Singh. The trial court had acquitted Navjot Singh Sidhu in 1999 due to lack of evidence, but the aggrieved party reached the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

In 2006, when the High Court sentenced Sidhu to three years' imprisonment, he was in the BJP and was an MP from Amritsar. He had resigned from the membership of the Lok Sabha. He had to contest the election again and he won again.