Supreme Courtroom, on Thursday (Might 19), sentenced one-year rigorous imprisonment to former India cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu in an outdated assault case which was occurring since 1988. On December 27, 1988, the then cricketer had allegedly hit an individual named Gurnam Singh on his head resulting in the latter’s loss of life as properly. In the meantime, a bench of justices AM Khanwilkar and SK Kaul rejected the plea to cost Sidhu below Part 304A of IPC which quantities to homicide.
4 years in the past, in 2018, Navjot Singh Sidhu was discovered responsible within the case of voluntarily hurting a person. However he was launched from the culpable murder fees. The courtroom had then slapped a tremendous of INR 1000 on Sidhu. Apparently, the Classes Courtroom Choose of Patiala had acquitted the now cricketer-turned-politician in September 1999 attributable to an absence of proof within the case and the good thing about doubt was given in Sidhu’s favour.
The sufferer’s household had then challenged the choice and moved to the Punjab and Haryana Excessive Courtroom the place, in 2006, Navjot Singh Sidhu was convicted and sentenced to a few years of imprisonment. Sidhu had then challenged this order within the Supreme Courtroom that has now lowered his punishment to 1 yr in response to the Instances of India.
Navjot Singh Sidhu performed 51 Exams and 136 ODIs for India
Navjot Singh Sidhu performed for as many as 16 years for India after making his worldwide debut in 1983. He featured in 51 Exams and 136 One-Day Internationals scoring 3202 and 4413 runs respectively within the two codecs. Total, he smacked 15 centuries in his worldwide profession to go together with 48 half-centuries. Total, the now 58-year-old Sidhu performed 157 first-class and 205 Listing-A in his profession amassing 16657 runs and smashing 37 tons and 105 fifties.
After retiring from the game, Sidhu entered politics contesting election for Congress and has been within the area since then for the previous couple of years as properly. He lately stepped down from his place of Congress President in Punjab.
