Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim, aged 56, was cleared of prices within the Ranjit Singh homicide case by the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday. Ranjit Singh, former supervisor of Dera, was murdered in 2002, following which a CBI courtroom convicted Ram Rahim and 4 others with life imprisonment in 2021. Ram Raheem had challenged the CBI courtroom’s order within the excessive courtroom.Â
The Dera chief is at the moment jailed following rape prices of assaulting two sadhvis throughout the Dera and his hyperlinks to the homicide of journalist Ram Chander Prajapati, who had extensively coated the allegations of sexual misconduct in opposition to the controversial Ram Raheem.Â
Advocate Mahendra Joshi knowledgeable that the CBI courtroom had awarded life imprisonment to Dera Chief and different accused. He added, “An enchantment was filed in opposition to the decision, and a listening to was achieved. The order was saved in reserve for the final month. The excessive courtroom accepted all 5 appeals and put aside the decision of the Panchkula CBI Court. The excessive courtroom has acquitted,” reported PTI.Â
The Dera Sacha Sauda is predicated in Sirsa, Haryana. The organisation turned recognized after sexual assault claims have been made in opposition to its chief, resulting in a CBI investigation.
