AMRITSAR: Navjot Singh Sidhu, former president of the Panjab Congress unit, is set to be released from the Patiala Central Jail on Saturday, 10 months after his conviction by the Supreme Court in the road rage case. The former cricketer-turned-politician Sidhu will be released from jail on Saturday before completing one year of his sentence for two reasons. Actually, he was sentenced to 1 year of imprisonment, but he is going to be released within 10 months. There are two reasons behind this. According to the first jail manual, Navjot Singh Sidhu was entitled to four days off in a month.
But Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu did not take any leave, so he has served the jail sentence. Secondly, the good conduct of Navjot Singh Sidhu during his imprisonment has also been taken into account. A prisoner may be entitled to early release from prison because of good conduct. Let us tell you that Navjot Singh Sidhu was accused of a road rage incident in 1988.
The case pertains to the death of one Gurnam Singh after he attacked Sidhu and his friend in December 1988. On December 27, 1988, Sidhu and Rupinder Singh Sandhu allegedly parked their Gypsy in the middle of the road near the Sheranwala Gate crossing in Patiala. When Gurnam Singh, 65, reached the spot in a car, he asked Sidhu to move aside. There was a dispute between Sidhu and Gurnam Singh on this, and Sidhu beat him, due to which Gurnam Singh died. In this case, the Supreme Court has sentenced Sidhu to one year in jail.
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