NEW DELHI: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann granted permission for prosecution of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh within the 2015 sacrilege circumstances, simply three days after the Supreme Courtroom revived the trial in opposition to him.
The Supreme Courtroom had on Friday cleared the way in which for the trial of the 2015 sacrilege circumstances involving Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh.
A bench of Justices BR Gavai and KV Vishwanathan vacated the keep imposed by the Punjab and Haryana excessive courtroom on the trial and directing Ram Rahim to submit a response.
The apex courtroom acted on a plea from the Punjab authorities and can hear the matter once more in 4 weeks.
Punjab advocate normal Gurminder Singh requested a keep on the excessive courtroom order, which had halted the trial in three circumstances registered at Bajakhana Police Station in Faridkot, Punjab.
Recognising the necessity for scrutiny, the apex courtroom issued a discover to Ram Rahim.
In February 2023, the Supreme Courtroom transferred the trial in opposition to Ram Rahim and his followers from a courtroom in Faridkot to Chandigarh.
At present imprisoned in Rohtak’s Sunaria Jail, Ram Rahim is serving a 20-year sentence for raping two of his disciples, a conviction handed down in 2017.
Moreover, the Dera chief and three others had been convicted in a 2019 homicide case involving a journalist that occurred over 16 years in the past.
