Navjot Singh Sidhu heading to jail in road rage case?

[Gabbar Singh]

When this matter last came to court Sidhu was a member of the BJP so the Punjab congress government argued that he should be locked up. Now he's a member of the Congress but the congress government have to maintain their old position for legal reasons lol.

What a joke that it's taken this long - Sidhu (now 54) was 24 years old when he carried out the crime. Nevertheless, if you can't do the time then don't do the crime. At the end of the day someone lost their life in all of this thanks to the hot headed Sidhu.

Jail Navjot Singh Sidhu, Punjab's Congress Government Tells Supreme Court

Navjot Singh Sidhu had allegedly hit a 65-year-old man on the head
The man died in hospital of a haemorrhage
Mr Sidhu had argued that the man had died of a heart attack
Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu should serve three years in jail as ordered by a court, his own government said today, urging the Supreme Court to confirm his conviction in a road rage case of 1988.

Mr Sidhu had allegedly hit a 65-year-old man, Gurnam Singh, on the head during an argument on a road in Patiala on December 27, 1988. Gurnam Singh died in hospital of a haemorrhage.

In 2007, the Supreme Court suspended Mr Sidhu's sentence and granted him bail after he appealed his conviction by the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The suspended sentence enabled him to contest the Lok Sabha bypolls from Amritsar.

"There is no evidence that the person in the road rage died because of a heart attack," said the Congress government, contradicting its own minister. Mr Sidhu, 54, had argued in court that Gurnam Singh died of a heart attack.

The government also told the bench of Justice Jasti Chelameswar and Justice SK Kaul that Mr Sidhu's statement denying his involvement in the incident was false.

"There is not a single evidence that suggests that the cause of death was a cardiac arrest and not brain haemorrhage. The trial court verdict was rightly set aside by the high court. Accused A1 (Navjot Singh Sidhu) had given feisty blow to deceased Gurnam Singh leading to his death through brain haemorrhage," the state government told the judges.

Officials say the government had no choice but to oppose the minister in court. After arguing against Mr Sidhu in the high court, it could not change its stand before the Supreme Court.

COMMENTSA trial court had discharged Mr Sidhu but the High Court reversed it, saying that Gurnam Singh had died of a brain injury, and sentenced him to three years in jail for culpable homicide.

Mr Sidhu, former cricketer and commentator, is currently out on bail. He is in charge of the tourism and culture ministry.

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/jai...ls-supreme-court-1836787?pfrom=home-topscroll

 

[sshakir411]

When I was a kid my uncle told me that Sidhu had actually murdered someone and was never caught. Surprised to hear about this now.

 

[SecondSlip]

He should be jailed for his humor instead.

 

[JaDed]

Statue of limitations doesn't apply in India ,one reason for.majority pending cases.

 

[Hitman]

He is a noble soul.

 

[Wonderwoman]

Justice delayed is justice denied!! It seems so awkward to prosecute for a crime when half of us were not even born.

 

[princeuk]

Navjot Sidhu is one arrogant man, If he has commited the crime he should well be behind bars. I remember reading about this ages and ages ago.

 

[PakLFC]

He won't go to prison. His many political contacts won't let that happen.

 

[Varun]

Typical India, where it takes decades for a court case to even kiss the surface of the crime.

I expect this to proceed a la the Salman Khan case. Just wait and watch.

 

[TQ89]

I have been hearing about this case since my childhood.

 

[Railu Katta]

He is a noble soul.

According to you all Indians are noble souls. You must be one of those people who support the rapists in Kashmir. Didn't see your post in that thread so that explains it.

 

[Hitman]

According to you all Indians are noble souls. You must be one of those people who support the rapists in Kashmir. Didn't see your post in that thread so that explains it.

Was merely fooling around. I detest that man.

 

[AssassinatedDevil]

Road rage case: Sidhu acquitted of culpable homicide, fined Rs 1,000 for 'causing injury'

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside a lower court's order and acquitted Punjab Congress minister Navjot Singh Sidhu of culpable homicide not amounting to murder in the 1988 Patiala road rage case.

However, the bench of Justices J Chelameswar and Sanjay Kishan Kaul found him guilty of causing simple injury and imposed a fine without any jail term. The cricketer-turned-politician has been convicted under Section 323 of Indian Penal Code which says whosoever voluntarily causes hurt, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.

The court also acquitted Sidhu's aide Rupinder Singh Sandhu in the case.

Earlier in April, the Congress government in Punjab has asked the Supreme Court to uphold Sidhu's conviction in the decades-old case. The apex court had granted bail to the cricketer-turned-politician after he was sentenced to three years in prison by the Punjab and Haryana high court.

The victim's family has appealed to the SC to enhance the three year jail time given by the lower court.
On December 27, 1988, Sidhu had allegedly hit 65-year-old Gurnam Singh after getting into an altercation with him in Patiala. Singh was rushed to a hospital, where he was declared dead.

A trial court had acquitted Sidhu in the case in which his friend Rupinder Singh Sandhu was a co-accused.
However, the Punjab and Haryana high court found the former cricketer guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder and overturned the trial court's verdict.

The division bench comprising Justices Mehtab Singh Gill and Baldev Singh also convicted accomplice Rupinder Singh Sandhu but suspended their sentences (three years imprisonment), during the pendency of their appeals in the Supreme Court. In 2007, the Supreme Court suspended Sidhu's conviction to enable him to contest elections.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com...sing-injury/articleshow/64171189.cms?from=mdr

 

[Varun]

Navjot Singh Sidhu May Face Jail Term as Supreme Court Reopens Road Rage Case


New Delhi: The Supreme Court has agreed to reconsider the quantum of punishment for cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, who was earlier let off with a fine of a meagre Rs 1,000 in the 1998 road rage case.

Admitting a review petition filed by the son of the deceased in the incident, the apex court has issued a notice to the Punjab minister on the point of punishment.

"Permission to file the Review Petition is granted. Delay condoned. Issue notice restricted to quantum of sentence qua respondent no. 1 – Navjot Singh Sidhu," stated a bench of Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice Sanjay K Kaul.

The notice has come at a time when Sidhu has been criticised by the BJP and also left his party Congress in a piquant position over his attempts to exhort authorities for initiating talks with Pakistan. He has issued statements on returning from across the border after participating in Imran Khan’s swearing-in ceremony in Islamabad, hugging General Qamar Javed Bajwa, and comfortably sitting next to the so-called 'president' of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

The outcome of the reconsideration of punishment by the top court, however, will not impact Sidhu's second innings in politics after he left the BJP and joined Congress that helped him get a berth in the Amarinder Singh cabinet.

As a major reprieve for Sidhu, the Supreme Court has not agreed to review the entire judgment but only the aspect on the quantum of punishment. This also means that Sidhu's acquittal under the charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder shall stick and that would not be altered by the court.

As far as the quantum of punishment is concerned, Sidhu currently stands convicted under Section 323 for causing hurt. The maximum punishment under Section 323 is a jail term of one year or a fine of Rs 1,000, or both. But as per the Representation of the People Act, it is only a jail term of two years or more that incurs disqualification of a sitting MP or a MLA.

Therefore, even if Sidhu gets the maximum jail term under the current charge, he would not be disqualified from holding his office.

According to the prosecution, one Gurnam Singh was beaten up by Sidhu in a road rage incident in December 1998. The victim was taken to a hospital where he was declared dead.

Sidhu was earlier acquitted by a trial court in September 1999. However, it was reversed by a high court in December 2006 and held Sidhu and co-accused RS Sandhu guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder. They challenged this in the Supreme Court which stayed the conviction pending the appeal in 2007.

In its judgment in May, authored by Justice J Chelameswar, the court acquitted Sidhu of culpable homicide not amounting to murder and convicted him only for voluntarily causing hurt.

https://www.news18.com/news/india/n...eme-court-reopens-road-rage-case-1875729.html

 

[Hermoine Green]

What? 1998??

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

What? 1998??

I don't suppose this 30 year old case has been revived because Sidhu was invited to Pakistan on Imran Khan's inauguration? I am surprised none of our Indian members joined the dots....

 

[Slim]

I don't suppose this 30 year old case has been revived because Sidhu was invited to Pakistan on Imran Khan's inauguration? I am surprised none of our Indian members joined the dots....

I am not surprised either considering he just got acquitted just recently for the same case in May of this year. Poor Sidhu, I think he should leave for England or UAE.

 

[CricketCartoons]

I don't suppose this 30 year old case has been revived because Sidhu was invited to Pakistan on Imran Khan's inauguration? I am surprised none of our Indian members joined the dots....

It was as early as May, if you read the article, when he was let off. It is being revived after mere 4 months, but the point stands. while pakistani judiciary brings ex prime ministers to justice, indian judiciary can't even punish small time comedians like sidhu.

 

[RickyG]

If he was culpable in someone's death then he should be punished accordingly. If this is being re-opened because of his visit to Pakistan then India really needs to re-evaluate their priorities. I can only suspect it is due to the latter as I don't have all the information to make an actual judgment.

 

[Pakistanian]

Lock him up

 

[CricketCartoons]

If he was culpable in someone's death then he should be punished accordingly. If this is being re-opened because of his visit to Pakistan then India really needs to re-evaluate their priorities. I can only suspect it is due to the latter as I don't have all the information to make an actual judgment.

if pakistanis are supporting this man who assaulted a senior citizen, just because he attended imran khan's coronation, they need to re-evaluate their priorities.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

if pakistanis are supporting this man who assaulted a senior citizen, just because he attended imran khan's coronation, they need to re-evaluate their priorities.

Pakistanis would just be assuming this case was either false or not taken seriously in India, that is why it still hasn't been adjudicated after 30 years. In all likelihood, most Pakistanis would have no idea there was still a case pending against Sidhu from 1988. I am sure if IK was aware that Sidhu was a criminal he may not have extended the invitation.

 

[CricketCartoons]

Pakistanis would just be assuming this case was either false or not taken seriously in India, that is why it still hasn't been adjudicated after 30 years. In all likelihood, most Pakistanis would have no idea there was still a case pending against Sidhu from 1988. I am sure if IK was aware that Sidhu was a criminal he may not have extended the invitation.

Of course, and him attending imran's swearing in has no affect on the views of those supporting him.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Of course, and him attending imran's swearing in has no affect on the views of those supporting him.

You expect Pakistanis to take this offence seriously when those in India don't appear to?

 

[Mamoon]

Pakistanis would just be assuming this case was either false or not taken seriously in India, that is why it still hasn't been adjudicated after 30 years. In all likelihood, most Pakistanis would have no idea there was still a case pending against Sidhu from 1988. I am sure if IK was aware that Sidhu was a criminal he may not have extended the invitation.

He has given criminals party tickets and ministries. Why wouldn't he invite Sidhu for his coronation?

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

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He has given criminals party tickets and ministries. Why wouldn't he invite Sidhu for his coronation?

First he'd have to be aware that Sidhu was a criminal. Secondly if Sidhu is a free citizen in India, why would Imran take exception when Indians don't? He was invited because he was a cricket colleague, the criminal charges being 30 years old are not relevant unless you are nit-picking. Pakistan govt issues are another matter you can probably discuss those in one of the appropriate threads in the Pakistan forum.

 

[CricketCartoons]

You expect Pakistanis to take this offence seriously when those in India don't appear to?

I expect PTI supporters to not take his offence seriously because by attending the ceremony he had the benefit of the strongest detergent known to mankind.

 

[Mamoon]

First he'd have to be aware that Sidhu was a criminal. Secondly if Sidhu is a free citizen in India, why would Imran take exception when Indians don't? He was invited because he was a cricket colleague, the criminal charges being 30 years old are not relevant unless you are nit-picking. Pakistan govt issues are another matter you can probably discuss those in one of the appropriate threads in the Pakistan forum.

I presume you would know the answer:

I am sure if IK was aware that Sidhu was a criminal he may not have extended the invitation.

 

[RickyG]

if pakistanis are supporting this man who assaulted a senior citizen, just because he attended imran khan's coronation, they need to re-evaluate their priorities.

I don't think at any point I indicated that I supported him or his actions. I only questioned the timing of a 30 year old case being re-opened. I don't think there are any pretensions about how the ruling party feels regarding Sidhu's visit to Pakistan. In fact, it is a view that is shared quite widely across India.

 

[KingKhanWC]

Old news, let him live and be a guardian of peace against the extremists in Hind.

 

[Slim]

Of course, and him attending imran's swearing in has no affect on the views of those supporting him.

Listen buddy, we are questioning the timing of the re-opening of the case when it was closed and the judgement was passed just couple of months back. The timing is highly suspect and it rather presents a petty image of those in power in India.

Sidhu is cleared by courts, and you and me do not have information beyond that. So, lets not be judge jury and executioner.

 

[Slim]

I don't think at any point I indicated that I supported him or his actions. I only questioned the timing of a 30 year old case being re-opened. I don't think there are any pretensions about how the ruling party feels regarding Sidhu's visit to Pakistan. In fact, it is a view that is shared quite widely across India.

The case was closed this year with Sidhu getting a 1000 rupees fine. But it has been opened again just after a few months. Anyone with something between their ears would know that why its being done. Small hearted and petty.

 

[BlackShadow]

Sidhu's own party admits that there was no proof of cardiac arrest after Sidhu's assault, victim's family calls it a murder ...and yet Sidhu walked away with a mere $15 fine.

The verdict had to be challenged, and it has rightly been done. There is nothing small hearted or petty about it.

 

[Slim]

Sidhu's own party admits that there was no proof of cardiac arrest after Sidhu's assault, victim's family calls it a murder ...and yet Sidhu walked away with a mere $15 fine.

The verdict had to be challenged, and it has rightly been done. There is nothing small hearted or petty about it.

Didnt see you wailing here when the judgement was passed? It was the same thread and not a single comment from your side. Why dont you just admit that you all hate the poor guy just because he went and hugged the COAS. Its pretty clear that its an act of revenge and pettiness.

 

[BlackShadow]

Didnt see you wailing here when the judgement was passed? It was the same thread and not a single comment from your side. Why dont you just admit that you all hate the poor guy just because he went and hugged the COAS. Its pretty clear that its an act of revenge and pettiness.

Sidhu or the judgement is last of my concerns. I respond to threads, this one exists, that one didn't.

 

[BlackShadow]

Btw [MENTION=146948]Slim[/MENTION] , what's petty here is you defending a $15 fine for proven assault and alleged murder. All because Sidhu attended a ceremony in Pakistan? Pathetic.

 

[Slim]

Sidhu or the judgement is last of my concerns. I respond to threads, this one exists, that one didn't.

If only your eyes werent blinded by the saffron color you would have seen that the thread was originally about the judgement but interestingly no comments from our patriotic jay hind brothers at that time.

Btw [MENTION=146948]Slim[/MENTION] , what's petty here is you defending a $15 fine for proven assault and alleged murder. All because Sidhu attended a ceremony in Pakistan? Pathetic.

Defending proven assualt and alleged murder, WHAT? I am only commenting on the fact that your own judiciary declared that as an injury and fined him for $15. If me pointing out that makes me pathetic than you might want to question your critical thinking skills.

 

[CricketCartoons]

I don't think at any point I indicated that I supported him or his actions. I only questioned the timing of a 30 year old case being re-opened. I don't think there are any pretensions about how the ruling party feels regarding Sidhu's visit to Pakistan. In fact, it is a view that is shared quite widely across India.

It is fair to question the timing. But using political motivations to punish a crime is any day better than the guilty going away unpunished. Is the timing too big a concern compared to what he did? Does someone who assaulted a 65 year old person ( even my mom is not 65 and she is already so old) deserve support because "oh, the timing is suspect", "he is being punished because he met imran"?

 

[BlackShadow]

If only your eyes werent blinded by the saffron color you would have seen that the thread was originally about the judgement but interestingly no comments from our patriotic jay hind brothers at that time.



Defending proven assualt and alleged murder, WHAT? I am only commenting on the fact that your own judiciary declared that as an injury and fined him for $15. If me pointing out that makes me pathetic than you might want to question your critical thinking skills.

All the comments from before (be it Indian or Pakistani) portrayed Sidhu as the villain and expressed dissapointment at how he is getting away because of his political connections.

Now that the case is alive again, Pakistanis like you are crying foul. What has changed in the last one month?

 

[Slim]

All the comments from before (be it Indian or Pakistani) portrayed Sidhu as the villain and expressed dissapointment at how he is getting away because of his political connections.

Now that the case is alive again, Pakistanis like you are crying foul. What has changed in the last one month?

I am crying foul over the timing of the case. Crying foul is not about the judgement, its about the intentions behind its reopening. If you have a slight bit of honesty in you, answer this, dont you think that the timing of the reopening of the case is pretty convenient considering that a judgement was passed just months ago?

 

[BlackShadow]

I am crying foul over the timing of the case. Crying foul is not about the judgement, its about the intentions behind its reopening. If you have a slight bit of honesty in you, answer this, dont you think that the timing of the reopening of the case is pretty convenient considering that a judgement was passed just months ago?

Victim's family filed a review petition against Sidhu walking away with a $15 fine, and Supreme Court accepted it. All this was done through an open hearing and the consensus was that this indeed needed a review. Even Sidhu's political allies are fine with the decision, so why are Pakistanis so concerned?

 

[DeadBall]

I don't suppose this 30 year old case has been revived because Sidhu was invited to Pakistan on Imran Khan's inauguration? I am surprised none of our Indian members joined the dots....

Isn't that 20 years? Surprised no one has picked up on this in their haste for point scoring, despite been quoted and repeated various times. Apart from that, do carry on.

 

[cricketjoshila]

Lol people saying its a 30 yr old case being revived. The final judgement was passed only 5 months back.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Isn't that 20 years? Surprised no one has picked up on this in their haste for point scoring, despite been quoted and repeated various times. Apart from that, do carry on.

It wasn't haste, I just didn't think doing a google search for exact dates was that important to point score. I'm just thrilled that I have introduced concepts such as point scoring and carry on.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Lol people saying its a 30 yr old case being revived. The final judgement was passed only 5 months back.

Lol. It wasn't 30 years old. Lol. This was mentioned 5 months back. Lol.

 

[DeadBall]

It wasn't haste, I just didn't think doing a google search for exact dates was that important to point score. I'm just thrilled that I have introduced concepts such as point scoring and carry on.

Wasn't talking about point scoring from you but from people from both sides (who replied and quoted the original post many time) and how no one did the basic math. Google search apart the post you quoted said 1998 and we are now in 2018 which makes it 20 years. Have nothing against you (actually far from it) or the other posters but lapses in grammar and/or simple mathematics annoy me.

 

[CricketCartoons]

It wasn't haste, I just didn't think doing a google search for exact dates was that important to point score. I'm just thrilled that I have introduced concepts such as point scoring and carry on.

You were right, it is a 30 years old case. The faulty 1998 was introduced by the article shared by varun.