In the hearing of the Supreme Court in the Road rage case against Sidhu, the SC has reserved its decision. Navjot Singh Sidhu in a 33-year-old road rage case was let off with a fine of Rs. 1000. The petition was filed by the victim’s family demanding Sidhu to be charged with a more serious offense.
What the case was?
Sidhu had a fight in Patiala over parking in 1988 in which an elderly person died. The deceased was identified as Gurnam Singh. It was alleged that there was a scuffle between them and later Gurnam died. Police filed a case against Navjot Singh Sidhu and his friend Rupinder Singh Sidhu of culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
The victim’s family had filed a plea in the Supreme Court demanding punishment to former PPCC Chief Navjot Singh Sidhu for causing a serious offense. Sidhu was earlier fined Rs.1000 by the Supreme Court. In response to the petition, Sidhu has appealed to quash the petition.
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In Sidhu’s affidavit filed before the court it is stated, “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 honorable court rightly concluded that the same would fall under Section 323 IPC.”
The family of the deceased demanded in his petition that like the High Court decision, Sidhu should be punished under the 304IPC. The supreme court accepted the petition.