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In December 27, 1988, the 65-year-old Navjot Sidhu Gurnam Singh was beaten to death by Gurnam Singh and the co-accused Rupinder Singh Sandhu for asking them move their Gypsy out of the way.
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Trail court aquits both Navjot Sidhu and Rupinder Singh Sandhu free of charges.
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In 2006, both were found guilty of culpabale homicide and were granted a three-year imprisonment by Punjab and Haryana High Court.
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Sidhu and Sandhu challenge the high court verdict in the Supreme Court, which stays the conviction pending appeal.
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The Supreme Court in 2018 held Sidhu guilty of murder, but spared him of jail and imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 and aquitted Sandhu of all charges.
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In September same year, the apex court had agreed to examine the review petition filed by the family members of the deceased and had issued the notice, restricted to the quantum of sentence.
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The Supreme Court granted a one-year jail term to the cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu for the murder of an old man Gurnam Singh 34 years ago in a road rage incident, reversing its verdict in 2018.