Navjot Sidhu tweeted from his account that he will be released from jail tomorrow
New Delhi: Veteran Punjab Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu, who was sentenced to one year in prison by the Supreme Court in the killing of a road blocker 34 years ago, will be released from Patiala jail tomorrow, his official tweeted. Account said. His lawyer HPS Verma also confirmed the development, news agency PTI reported.
“This is to inform everyone that Sardar Navjot Singh Sidhu will be released from Patiala Jail tomorrow.
(Communicated by concerned authorities),” the tweet said.
This is to inform everyone that Sardar Navjot Singh Sidhu will be released from Patiala Jail tomorrow.
(As informed by the concerned authorities).
— Navjot Singh Sidhu (@sherryontopp) March 31, 2023
Mr Verma said that as per the Punjab Jail Rules, a convict of good conduct is eligible for general relief.
He will be released from Patiala jail on Saturday, PTI quoted the news as saying.
The Supreme Court in May last year sentenced the 59-year-old cricketer-turned-politician to one year of “rigorous imprisonment” after his party lost the Punjab state elections.
In 1988, the court ruled on a plea by the family of a man who died in a fight with Mr Sidhu and his friend. The family sought a review of the Supreme Court’s 2018 order acquitting him of murder. .
On December 27, 1988, Sidhu got into an argument with Gurnam Singh, a 65-year-old resident of Patiala, over a parking space. Mr Sidhu and his friend Rupinder Singh Sandhu allegedly dragged Gurnam Singh out of his car and assaulted him. He later died in hospital.
It was alleged by an eyewitness that Mr. Sidhu Gurnam Singh was killed by a blow to the head.
In 2018, the Supreme Court ordered Mr Sidhu to pay a fine of ₹ 1,000 for voluntarily causing hurt to a person.
The court, however, reconsidered its own order and said it was “appropriate” to imprison Mr Sidhu, adding that “some heinous crime” must be attached to the death of a person.
