Singapore jails Indian student for pushing drunk man into river who later died
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Legha Pawan, a 22-year-old Indian national, was given 35 months' jail. He pleaded guilty to one count of voluntarily causing hurt to Jasbir Singh, 33, where the hurt caused turned out to be grievous hurt in the form of death.
The charge had been downgraded from an earlier charge of causing death by a rash act.
A second charge was taken into consideration.
The court heard that Legha, a student, lived in Woodlands with several housemates.
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On the evening of June 30 last year, Legha and his housemates left their flat for an evening out at Clarke Quay.
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