SC will tomorrow hear plea filed by victims family seeking review of its May 15, 2018 verdict that let off Sidhu with a mere Rs 1,000 fine in a 1988 road rage case in which a Patiala resident Gurnam Singh died.
Punjab & Haryana HC had convicted Sidhu for voluntary causing hurt and sentenced him to 3yr jail but SC let him off with a fine noting incident was more than 30 years old, there was no past enmity between accused and victim, no weapon was used by accused
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