Sidhu guilty, vows to fight till end

NO SIDHUISM THIS: Sidhu has been found guilty of causing the death of Patiala resident Gurnam Singh.

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New Delhi: BJP MP and former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu was on Friday found guilty of causing a man’s death in 1988 during a fight with him over parking in Patiala.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court overturned a lower court’s 1999 order acquitting Sidhu in the death of Patiala resident Gurman Singh and found him guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

Sidhu, MP from Amritsar, and his friend Rupinder Singh Sandhu on December 27, 1988 allegedly beat up Gurman who later died of a heart attack. The court will announce Sidhu’s punishment on Wednesday, December 6.

Faces 10 years in prison

Sidhu has been convicted under Section 304 of IPC, which carries a maximum prison term of 10 years. Public prosecutor Vinod Ghai said he would ask for the maximum punishment.

Sidhu said he was "not bothered about the quantum of punishment and other technicalities" since he would be moving the Supreme Court. "I am more concerned about morality and ethics," said Sidhu, who was in Parliament when the High Court order came.

The Punjab government’s complaint of December 27, 1988 alleged that Sidhu and Sandhu beat up Gurnam in Sheranwala Gate Bazaar after dragging him out of his car.

The fight began over a parking spot outside the State Bank of Patiala branch, where Sidhu was employed. Sidhu has always claimed that the incident was an accident and he had no intention of harming Gurnam.

Sidhu and Sandhu were alleged to have fled from the spot with the keys to Singh's car. The Patiala sessions court dismissed the case on September 22, 1999 on the ground that the “case against the accused has not been established beyond doubt” and there was a delay in lodging the case.