Chandigarh: Former BJP MP and popular television presenter Navjyot Singh Sidhu was today sentenced to three years' rigorous imprisonment in the case involving him in death due to road rage 18 years ago.

 Giving the quantum of punishment, Justice Mehtab Singh Gill and Justice Baldev Singh of Punjab and Haryana High Court suspended the sentence till January 31 to enable Sidhu file a special leave petition in the Supreme Court, which means he will not not go to jail.

Extending similar relief, the court also sentenced the other convict in the case Rupinder Singh Sandhu to three years' rigorous imprisonment.

Both of them were fined Rs. One lakh each and were directed to furnish a bail bond on or before December 8.