{"id":850,"date":"2023-03-31T10:42:27","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T09:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loktaknews.com\/navjot-singh-sidhu-to-be-released-from-punjab-jail-tomorrow-says-tweet-from-his-official-account\/business\/"},"modified":"2023-03-31T10:42:27","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T09:42:27","slug":"navjot-singh-sidhu-to-be-released-from-punjab-jail-tomorrow-says-tweet-from-his-official-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loktaknews.com\/?p=850","title":{"rendered":"Navjot Singh Sidhu To Be Released From Punjab Jail Tomorrow, Says Tweet From His Official Account"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" id=\"ins_storybody\"><!-- \n\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" class=\"sp-cn ins_storybody\" id=\"ins_storybody\">--><\/p>\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv\">\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv_cont\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Navjot Sidhu To Be Released From Jail Tomorrow, Says Tweet From His Account\" alt=\"Navjot Sidhu To Be Released From Jail Tomorrow, Says Tweet From His Account\" id=\"story_image_main\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2022-05\/t35v1vt4_navjot-singh-sidhu-_625x300_23_May_22.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p class=\"ins_instory_dv_caption sp_b\">The court judgement was on a petition by the family of a man who died after a brawl with Mr Sidhu.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b class=\"place_cont\">New Delhi: <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Top Punjab Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu, who the Supreme Court sentenced to one year in jail in a road-rage incident in which a man was killed 34 years ago, will be released from Patiala Jail tomorrow, a tweet from his official account said. His lawyer\u00a0HPS Varma also confirmed the development, news agency PTI said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is to inform everyone that Sardar Navjot Singh Sidhu will be released from Patiala Jail tomorrow.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>(As informed by the concerned authorities),&#8221; the tweet said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is to inform everyone that Sardar Navjot Singh Sidhu will be released from Patiala Jail tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>(As informed by the concerned authorities).<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Navjot Singh Sidhu (@sherryontopp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sherryontopp\/status\/1641709471058788352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 31, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Mr Varma said as per the Punjab Prison rules, a convict with good behaviour is entitled to general remission.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He is most likely to be released on Saturday from the Patiala jail,&#8221; PTI quoted him saying.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court had last year in May ordered one-year &#8220;rigorous imprisonment&#8221; for the 59-year-old cricketer-turned-politician, who had quit as Punjab Congress chief after his party&#8217;s defeat in the state election.<\/p>\n<p>The court judgement was on a petition by the family of a man who died after a brawl with Mr Sidhu and his friend in 1988. The family had asked for a harsher sentence and a review of a 2018 order from the Supreme Court acquitting him of murder.<\/p>\n<p>On December 27, 1988, Mr Sidhu got into an argument with 65-year-old Gurnam Singh, a resident of Patiala, over a parking spot. Mr Sidhu and his friend, Rupinder Singh Sandhu, allegedly dragged Gurnam Singh out of his car and hit him. He later died in a hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Sidhu was accused by an eyewitness of killing Gurnam Singh with a blow to the head.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court in 2018 ordered Mr Sidhu to pay a fine of\u00a0\u20b9\u00a01,000 rupees for voluntarily hurting a person.<\/p>\n<p>However, the court, reviewing its own order, said it considered it &#8220;appropriate&#8221; to jail Mr Sidhu, saying &#8220;some aggravated culpability&#8221; must be attached if a person dies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/cricketer-turned-politician-navjot-singh-sidhu-tweets-he-will-be-released-from-punjab-jail-tomorrow-3908730\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The court judgement was on a petition by the family of a man who died after a brawl with Mr Sidhu. 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