<p>Former Punjab minister Bibi Jagir Kaur’s hopes of contesting the Assembly election were dashed on Tuesday as the Supreme Court dismissed a plea to stay her conviction in the 2002 murder case of her daughter.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A bench comprising Justices Adarsh K Goel and Uday U Lalit declined to entertain the plea and rejected her contention, advanced by senior advocate Shyam Divan, that a stay on the conviction was imperative to allow the senior Shiromani Akali Dal leader to contest the February 4 polls under the Representation of the People Act.<br /><br />Divan contended that Bibi was not convicted for murder in the case, but was sentenced to five years under less grievous charges of criminal conspiracy, abduction and wrongful confinement. <br /><br />He also pointed out that the Punjab and Haryana High Court had already put on hold her sentence.<br /><br />The bench, however, said that it could not stay her conviction and upheld the high court order.<br /></p>
<p>Former Punjab minister Bibi Jagir Kaur’s hopes of contesting the Assembly election were dashed on Tuesday as the Supreme Court dismissed a plea to stay her conviction in the 2002 murder case of her daughter.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A bench comprising Justices Adarsh K Goel and Uday U Lalit declined to entertain the plea and rejected her contention, advanced by senior advocate Shyam Divan, that a stay on the conviction was imperative to allow the senior Shiromani Akali Dal leader to contest the February 4 polls under the Representation of the People Act.<br /><br />Divan contended that Bibi was not convicted for murder in the case, but was sentenced to five years under less grievous charges of criminal conspiracy, abduction and wrongful confinement. <br /><br />He also pointed out that the Punjab and Haryana High Court had already put on hold her sentence.<br /><br />The bench, however, said that it could not stay her conviction and upheld the high court order.<br /></p>
