New Delhi: Citing his impeccable reputation and clean antecedents, Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu has urged the Supreme Court to dismiss the review petition in a 1988 road rage case against him.
The cricketer-turned-politician has urged the apex court not to alter his sentence in the case.
Sidhu has in reply to the review petition said the review petition is not maintainable and the incident happened 33 years ago, ANI reported.
The apex court is schedule to hear the review petition today.
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This matter earlier came up for hearing before a bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and S K Kaul which posted it for hearing on February 25 in view of the letter circulated by Sidhu’s counsel seeking adjournment.
Appearing for the Punjab Congress chief, senior advocate P. Chidambaram requested the apex court bench to list the matter for hearing after February 23, PTI reported.
Earlier on May 15, 2018, the Supreme Court had set aside the order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court convicting Sidhu of culpable homicide and awarding him a three-year jail term in the case.
The apex court had, however, held Sidhu guilty of causing hurt to a senior citizen.
The apex court, which had held Sidhu guilty of the offence of “voluntarily causing hurt” to a 65-year-old man, spared him of a jail term and imposed a fine of Rs 1,000.
The Supreme Court had also acquitted Sidhu’s aide Rupinder Singh Sandhu of all charges and said that there was no trustworthy evidence regarding his presence along with the cricketer-turned politician at the time of the offence in December 1988.