 "Navjot Singh Sidhu, Navjot Kaur Sidhu")
In a major respite to Punjab Tourism Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu, the Supreme Court on Tuesday acquitted him of culpable homicide in a 30-year-old road rage case for which he had been awarded a three-year jail term.
"A1 (Sidhu) is guilty of Section 323 of IPC. Awarded no sentence but fine of Rs 1,000 for the offence. A2 (Rupinder Singh Sandhu) is acquitted," the bench said.
The Supreme Court, however, convicted him for causing simple injury and imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 without any jail term.
A bench of Justices J Chelameswar and Sanjay Kishan Kaul set aside the
