Navjot Singh Sidhu skips dinner on first night in Barrack No 10- Details here

Navjot Singh Sidhu was sentenced to one-year rigorous imprisonment by the Supreme Court in the 1988 road-rage case. As Sidhu has to undergo rigorous imprisonment, he will also have to work in the prison.

Patiala: Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu, who has been sentenced to one-year jail term in a road-rage case, has been lodged in Barrack No.10 at the central jail here and didn't have dinner on the first night, sources said on Saturday (May 21). Sidhu has been lodged in the barrack with four other prisoners, said the sources. He didn't have dinner as he had already taken his meal, they said, adding that the former state Congress chief is prisoner number 1,37,683.

The 58-year-old former cricketer on Friday had surrendered before a court here and was later sent to the Patiala Central Jail. He was sentenced to one-year rigorous imprisonment by the Supreme Court in the 1988 road-rage case. As Sidhu has to undergo rigorous imprisonment, he will also have to work in the prison.

Another high-profile prisoner lodged in jail here in connection with a drug case is Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia, who had contested against Sidhu from Amritsar East. Sidhu and Majithia had both lost the elections to AAP's Jeevan Jyot Kaur.

The SC had on Thursday (May 19) sentenced Sidhu to one-year rigorous imprisonment in the 34-year-old case, saying any undue sympathy in imposing an inadequate sentence would do more harm to the justice system and undermine the public confidence in the efficacy of law.

A 65-year-old man, Gurnam Singh, had died in the incident. When reporters sought Sidhu's reaction to the verdict on Thursday, he had declined to comment. However, he had later tweeted to say he "will submit to the majesty of the law".