Navjot Singh Sidhu Released From Patiala Jail After 10 Months in Road Rage Case (Watch Video)
The Congress leader was sentenced to one year of imprisonment by the Supreme Court in May last year in the 1988 case of road rage in which he allegedly thrashed one Gurnam Singh, who later died in hospital. Punjab Minister Brahm Shankar Jimpa said on Friday that the Punjab government has no objection to Sidhu's release.
Patiala, April 1: Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu was released from Patiala Jail on Saturday, about 10 months after he was sentenced to one-year jail by Supreme Court in a three decades old road rage case.
The Congress leader was sentenced to one year of imprisonment by the Supreme Court in May last year in the 1988 case of road rage in which he allegedly thrashed one Gurnam Singh, who later died in hospital. Punjab Minister Brahm Shankar Jimpa said on Friday that the Punjab government has no objection to Sidhu's release. Navjot Singh Sidhu Released From Patiala Jail After Ten Months (Watch Video).
Navjot Singh Sidhu Released From Patiala Jail:
"The issue of the release of prisoners whose sentence has been completed is approved by the cabinet. Those who have completed their sentence will be released," Jimpa said. The Supreme Court allowed the review application on the issue of sentence against Sidhu
"We have allowed review application on the issue of sentence. In addition to the fine imposed, we impose a sentence of imprisonment of one year to be undergone by respondent Sidhu," the court said. Navjot Singh Sidhu to Walk Out of Jail After Ten Months, Supporters to Welcome Former Punjab Congress President Out of Patiala Prison With Dhol (Watch Video).
The order was delivered by a bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and Sanjay Kishan Kaul. The case has gone through Sessions Court, High court and Supreme Court.
(This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)