Navjot
Singh Sidhu, the former Punjab Congress president, was earlier let off with a
fine of ?1000 by the Supreme 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.
The
former Punjab Congress president was earlier let off with a fine of ?1,000 by the top court.
The scope of punishment was enhanced by the Supreme Court while hearing a
petition filed by the victim's family.
Last
month, the top court had reserved its order in the plea that had
sought stricter punishment for the former minister such as culpable homicide,
or even murder, than just causing hurt.
The
cricketer-turned-politician had told the top court that there was “no
conclusive evidence to show that the single fist blow led to the death of a
65-year-old man”. He had also accused the victim's family of making a
"malicious attempt” to get the case reopened.
“There
is no conclusive evidence that the injury caused by the accused resulted in the
death of the person, as there was no evidence whatsoever that the death was
caused by the single blow by the answering respondent (even assuming the
incident did take place), this honourable court rightly concluded that the same
would fall under Section 323 IPC,” read the affidavit filed by Sidhu before the
court.
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