Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh has challenged the Special CBI court's verdict in the rape cases in Punjab and Haryana High Court demanding it to be quashed.
Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh has challenged the Special CBI court's verdict in the rape cases in Punjab and Haryana High Court demanding it to be quashed.
A special CBI court in Panchkula had sentenced the Dera chief to 20-year-imprisonment, two sentences of 10 years rigorous imprisonment in each of the two cases.
"High Court admitted our appeal that rape conviction is unfair. It directed us to submit a total amount of fine. The amount of fine will be returned to us with interest if the appeal is accepted," said Ram Rahim's Lawyer SK Garg Narwana.
Meanwhile, the court has also admitted a plea of the two rape victims seeking life imprisonment for Ram Rahim.
"He committed a grave breach of trust, as he was addressed as Pitaji and he used his position as a religious leader to exploit followers who had blind faith in him and twice committed rape crime. He should have been sentenced to life imprisonment," victim's Counsel had said seeking revision of sentence of Dera Chief.
Ram Rahim was found guilty of rape in a case that stemmed from an anonymous written complaint in April 2002 that he had sexually exploited two female followers. The case was registered by the CBI in December 2002 on the directions of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
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During the trial for the quantum of sentencing, a special court at Rohtak prison had compared Ram Rahim Singh as a wild beast.
The court has also fined him Rs 15 lakh in each of the two cases, of which Rs 14 lakh each would go to the two victims who were part of his sect and were coerced into having sex with him.
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