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CHANDIGARH: In a large setback to the CBI, the Punjab and Haryana precocious tribunal connected Saturday acquitted Gurmeet Ram Rahim, the arguable caput of Sirsa based Dera Sacha Sauda, successful transportation with the writer Ram Chander Chhatrapati execution case. Division seat comprising Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Vikram Aggarwal passed these orders portion allowing the entreaty of Dera Chief. The bench, however, has upheld the condemnation of 3 different accused successful this case.The operative portion of the judgement was pronounced successful the unfastened court. However, the elaborate transcript of the judgement was not disposable till the filing of this case.On January 17, 2019, the peculiar CBI tribunal Panchkula had sentenced the self-styled godman and 3 others to beingness imprisonment and imposed a good of Rs 50,000.
They were sentenced for the 2002 execution of Sirsa-based writer Ram Chander Chhatrapati, the exertion of 'Poora Sach' newspaper.Aggrieved from the orders, the Dera Chief had challenged the condemnation earlier the HC claiming that helium has been falsely implicated by the CBI successful this lawsuit arsenic the archetypal complaint expanse against different accused, Nirmal, Kuldeep and Krishan Lal had already been filed and nary of them had named the appellant to beryllium progressive successful the conspiracy, truthful determination was nary different condition near with the CBI to present the overhearing of conspiracy.
“It is simply a substance of information that the appellant was not astatine each named successful the archetypal complaint expanse filed by State Police successful 2002. Krishan Lal was tortured by the CBI Officials. The sanction of the Dera main was thereafter included arsenic an accused by mode of revenge. The eyewitness mentation of the conspiracy was created by elder CBI officer, M Narayanan for the contiguous lawsuit successful the signifier of Khatta Singh,” the counsel for Dera main had submitted. It was besides submitted that the mentation of Khatta Singh that the conspiracy was hatched lone successful his beingness and that helium did not disclose astir the aforesaid to anyone stands falsified by the admittance of IO, M Narayanan successful his transverse examination.Counsel further stated that the Dera main has been convicted lone by stating that helium had a motive against the deceased and helium nursed a grudge against the deceased arsenic helium was publishing an evening paper by the sanction ‘Poora Sach’ and had been actively reporting against Dera. “The investigating bureau however, failed to beryllium by starring adjacent an iota of grounds that the appellant ever work the said newspaper. As per the prosecution’s ain story, the paper being published by the deceased was an evening paper and it lone reported the quality which had already been published by the greeting newspapers. There was thus, nary question of the appellant, having immoderate grudge against the deceased,” the dera main had submitted. The CBI, arsenic good arsenic the counsel representing the deceased journalist's household had powerfully opposed the Dera Chief's plea. Finally proceeding each the parties, the HC successful September past twelvemonth had reserved its verdict successful the matter.The Dera main is incarcerated successful Rohtak’s Sunaria jailhouse since August 2017 aft helium was sentenced to 20 years successful jailhouse for rapes of 2 pistillate devotees.
