Navjot Sidhu’s Plea To Delay His Surrender

(The Quiver) : After Supreme court announced one year jail term punishment for ex-Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu in case of road rage. On Friday, Sidhu has sought more time to surrender on medical grounds.

The court responding to the plea has asked Sidhu to mention the matter before the Chief Justice of India.

As per the order , Sidhu will be taken into custody by Punjab police . Sidhu was earlier let off with a fine of Rs 1,000. Now, the maximum possible punishment under Section 323 of the IPC has been awarded to him.

After the Supreme Court sentenced him to a one-year jail term in a 34 year-old road rage case , Captain Amarinder Singh-led Punjab Lok Congress has mocked former Punjab Congress chief .

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ROAD RAGE CASE 1988

On December 27, 1988, Sidhu and his friend Rupinder Singh Sandhu allegedly parked their Gypsy in the middle of the road near the Sheranwala Gate crossing in Patiala. When the 65-year-old Gurnam Singh reached the spot in a car and asked them to move aside.

Sidhu then allegedly beat up Singh. He also removed Singh’s car keys before fleeing so he couldn’t get medical help.

On May 15, 2018, the apex court set aside the Punjab and Haryana High Court order convicting Sidhu of culpable homicide and awarding him a three-year jail term in the case but had held him guilty of causing hurt to a senior citizen.

The case was taken up by the Supreme Court in March this year but it reserved its verdict on the review petition. Finally ,on Thursday, the Supreme Court awarded Sidhu with one-year rigorous imprisonment.