Congress leader Navjot Singh Siddhu has sought more time to surrender in the 1988 road rage case. The Supreme Court has, however, refused to entertain his plea.
Navjot Singh Sidhu was supposed to surrender before a Patiala court today but he asked for more time to undergo the sentence imposed on him in a 1988 road rage case, citing his health. The court, in response, asked him to mention the matter before the Chief Justice of India.
Senior advocate AM Singhvi, appearing for Navjot Sidhu, requested to mention the matter before the Supreme Court but the court declined permission. The Supreme Court asked Sidhu to give a letter, requesting more time to surrender to the registry. “Can’t mention like this,” the court said.
The Supreme 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, in which Patiala resident Gurnam Singh had died.
Sidhu will be taken into custody by Punjab police as per the order. Sidhu was earlier let off with a fine of Rs 1,000. Now, the maximum possible punishment under Section 323 of the IPC has been awarded to Sidhu.
The case relates to the death of a man, Patiala resident Gurnam Singh, in December 1988 after Sidhu and a friend assaulted him in a road rage incident.
