Punjab and Haryana HC convicts Sidhu in murder case

Chandigarh, Dec 1 (UNI) The Punjab and Haryana High Court today convicted BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu for causing the death of one Gurnam Singh during an altercation in 1988 and overturned the judgment of a Patiala sessions court in this regard.

A Divison Bench, headed by Justice M S Gill, convicted Mr Sidhu under section 304(2) of the IPC for committing culpable homicide not amounting to the murder of Gurnam Singh.

The court also convicted Mr Sidhu's associate Rupinder Singh Sandhu under section 304(2) of the IPC, read with section 34 of the IPC, and also under section 323 of the IPC for causing injuries to one Jasvinder Singh.

The court will announce the quantum of the sentence on Wednesday.

The Patiala sessions court, in the year 2000. had exonerated the former cricketer and his associates in the case.

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