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| January 12, 2007 | Friday | Zilhaj 21, 1427 |
Sidhu jailed, awaits appeal
CHANDIGARH, Jan 11: Former Indian Test cricketer and politician Navjot Singh Sidhu was jailed on Thursday after he surrendered before a court following his conviction for a 1988 road-rage killing, his lawyer said. Sidhu was sentenced to three years' jail in December by the Punjab and Haryana High Court after being found guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
His sentence was suspended to allow the popular TV host and commentator time to appeal to the Supreme Court.After he surrendered to a lower court on Thursday, Sidhu was taken to jail in Patiala, his home town in the northern state of Punjab, where he will remain in judicial custody for 14 days.—Reuters
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