with the Supreme Court’s sentence Navjot Singh Sidhu For one year’s rigorous imprisonment in the 34-year-old road rage case, the former cricketer is likely to end up in Patiala Central Jail, even as Punjab’s Bhagwant Mann government has banned any “special” jail term for the Congress. system” is denied. leader.
The government has announced that no special status will be given to Sidhu inside the jail. Punjab Jail Minister Harjot Singh Bains told News18.com, “Navjot Singh Sidhu is also a prisoner now and he will be like any other prisoner in Patiala Jail.”
Bains said that the Aam Aadmi Party government is against giving VIP status to prisoners.
“Ever since we took over, our emphasis has been to ensure that the inmates do not get any VIP treatment and that everyone is treated equally as per the jail manual,” Bains said.
The prosecution had said that Sidhu and his associate Rupinder Singh Sandhu were in a gypsy parked in the middle of a road near Sheranwala Gate crossing in Patiala on December 27, 1988, when the victim Gurnam Singh and two others were on the way. to a bank.
Upon reaching the crossing, Gurnam, who was driving a Maruti car, found the gypsy in the middle of the road and asked the occupants, Sidhu and Sandhu, to shift it.
Prosecutors said a heated argument broke out and a scuffle ensued after Gurnam was taken to a hospital where he was declared brought dead.
Sidhu was acquitted of murder charges by the trial court in September 1999.
Those currently lodged in Patiala Central Jail include former Akali Dal minister Bikram Singh Majithia, who was arrested in an old drug case.
Interestingly, Sidhu was the head of the then ruling state unit CongressMajithia was preparing for the state assembly elections this year and it was widely believed that the old case was revived after pressure from the former cricketer.
The Supreme Court on Thursday imposed a one-year jail term on the cricketer-turned-politician, saying any “undue sympathy” for the issuance of an inadequate sentence would do more harm to the justice system and undermine public confidence in the efficacy of the law. Will do
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