The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce today its judgement on the appeal filed by cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, who was awarded a three-year jail term by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in a 1988 road rage case. <br />''<br />''A bench of Justices J Chelameswar and Sanjay Kishan Kaul had on 18th April reserved its judgement in the case in which Sidhu had claimed that evidence about the cause of death of victim Gurnam Singh was contradictory and the medical opinion in this regard was "vague". <br />''<br />''Besides Sidhu, currently the tourism minister of Punjab, an appeal was also filed by Rupinder Singh Sandhu, who was also convicted and sentenced to a three-year jail by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in the case. <br />''<br />''According to the prosecution, Sidhu and Sandhu were allegedly in a Gypsy parked on the middle of a road near the Sheranwala Gate Crossing in Patiala on December 27, 1988, when victim Gurnam Singh and two others were on their way to the bank to withdraw money. <br />''<br />''The police had claimed that Singh was beaten up by Sidhu who later fled the crime scene. The victim was taken to a hospital where he was declared dead.
News On AIR | May 15, 2018 7:28 AM
SC likely to pronounce verdict in road rage case against Sidhu today