NEW DELHI – The Supreme Court of India has opened up a decades old caseagainst former cricketer Navjot Sidhu.
SC has decided to review a 1998 road rage case involving minister andformer cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu.
According to the Indian media, Sidhu was acquitted in the case earlier, butthe victim’s family filed a review petition before the Supreme Courtseeking a modification of its earlier order.
The top court accepted the review petition, issuing a notice to Sidhu andseeking his response on the issue.
In May, the cricketer-turned-politician was let off over a fine of INR1,000in the case in which one person died. The court had said there was noevidence to prove that the death was caused by Sidhu.
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On December 27, 1998, Sidhu and his friend Rupinder Singh Sandhu got intoan argument with a man called Gurnam Singh over parking space in Patialacity of Indian Punjab. It is said that Sidhu and Sandhu dragged Gurnam outof the car and hit him after which the latter died.
A trial court had acquitted Sidhu but the Punjab and Haryana High Courtdeclared him guilty in 2006 sending him to jail for three years in the roadrage case, India media stated.
