New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday will hear a plea seeking review of its May 15, 2018 verdict, where it let off Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu with a mere Rs 1,000 fine in a 1988 road rage case in Punjab, wherein a Patiala resident had died.
A bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and Sanjay Kishan Kaul will hear the plea filed by a member of the victim's family, Gurnam Singh, seeking review of its order. The top court had let off Sidhu saying there was no sufficient evidence to prove the harsher charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder against him.
Sidhu, who was charged under section 323 of the Indian Penal Code for voluntarily causing hurt, however, was let off with just fine. The top court had observed that the incident was more than 30 years old, and there was no past hostility between the accused and victim. The court also noted that no weapon was used by the accused.
The top court had set aside the Punjab and Haryana High Court order, which convicted Sidhu of culpable homicide not amounting to murder and sentenced him to three-year jail. The top court had noted that Sidhu was wrongly convicted, after examining all evidence, including medical records.
