The Supreme Court today sentenced former Punjab Congress President Navjot Singh Sidhu to one-year rigorous imprisonment in 1988 road rage case, in which Patiala resident Gurnam Singh had died. <br />''<br />''However, a bench of Justice A. M. Khanwilkar and Justice S. K. Kaul rejected the plea for imposing culpable homicide amounting murder charge under section 304 A of Indian Penal Code.  <br />''<br />''The Apex  Court had earlier allowed the review of its May 2018 order exonerating former Punjab Congress President Navjot Singh Sidhu in the 34-year-old road rage case.<br />''<br />''Mr Sidhu will be taken into custody by Punjab Police as per the order. Sidhu was earlier let off with a fine of 1,000 rupees. Now, the maximum possible punishment under Section 323 of the IPC has been awarded to him.<br />''<br />''On 15th May 2018, the Supreme Court set aside the Punjab and Haryana High Court order convicting Sidhu of culpable homicide and awarding him a three-year jail term in the case, but had held him guilty of causing hurt to a senior citizen. Supreme Court spared him jail time and imposed a fine of 1,000 rupees.<br />''<br />''The apex court agreed to examine a review petition filed by the deceased's family members later in September 2018 and issued a notice to Sidhu on it.<br />