Former India cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu has been sentenced to one-year imprisonment in an outdated assault case by the honourable Supreme Courtroom of India on Thursday. Notably, on December 27 1988, the then cricketer had allegedly hit an individual named Gurnam Singh on his head resulting in the latter’s dying.
The Classes Courtroom Choose of Patiala had acquitted the Sidhu in September 1999 as a result of an absence of proof. The sufferer’s household had then challenged the choice and moved to the Punjab and Haryana Excessive Courtroom, the place, in 2006, the cricketer-turned-politician was convicted and sentenced to a few years of imprisonment.
In response to the Occasions of India, Sidhu had then challenged this order within the Supreme Courtroom that has now introduced the decision, lowering his punishment to at least one 12 months.
“We really feel there’s an error obvious on the face of document … subsequently, we have now allowed the assessment utility on the difficulty of sentence. Along with the wonderful imposed, we take into account it applicable to impose a sentence of imprisonment for a interval of 1 12 months …,” the SC bench stated whereas saying the decision.
Sidhu additionally reacted to the event and accepted the judgement given by the Supreme Courtroom. He took to his official Twitter deal with and wrote: “Will undergo the majesty of legislation ….”
Will undergo the majesty of legislation ….
— Navjot Singh Sidhu (@sherryontopp) May 19, 2022
Talking about his skilled profession, Sidhu performed for as many as 16 years for India after making his worldwide debut in 1983. He performed 51 Assessments and 136 One-Day Internationals, scoring 3202 and 4413 runs, respectively. Total, the right-handed batter smashed 15 lots of in his worldwide profession, together with 48 half-centuries. Sidhu performed 157 first-class and 205 Checklist-A in his profession, accumulating 16657 runs and hitting 37 tons and 105 fifties.
