An CBI special court in Panchkula, Haryana, found five people, including Dera Sacha Sauda's boss Gurmeet Ram Rahim, guilty of the Ranjit Singh murder on Friday.
Ram Rahim and the other four co-defendants were sentenced by IWC Special Court Judge Sushil Garg under Sections 302 and 120B of the Indian Criminal Code. The amount of the penalty will be announced on October 12th.
Gurmeet Ram Rahim was sentenced to 20 years in prison in August 2017 for the rape of two of his students and for the murder of a journalist Ranjit Singh was murdered on July 2, 2002 in the Kurukshetra district of Haryana For murder and criminal conspiracy, he was brought before the Thanesar in 2003 Brought to the Police High Court, which ordered an investigation by the IWC.CBI filed its indictments against Dera's boss and others in 2007.
On October 5, the Punjab and Haryana Supreme Court rejected a statement filed by Ranjit Singh's son requesting the transfer of the murder trial of Ram Rahim Singh, pending before the CBI special judge. Panchkula.
However, Judge Avneesh Jhingan's court dismissed his allegation and found the petitioner's fears to be unfounded, based on presumptions and presumptions. That verdict was previously suspended by the Superior Court because it prevented CBI Special Judge Panchkula from delivering the verdict on August 26th.
In the petition, Jagseer Singh, son of the late Ranjit Singh, had alleged in his pleading that the presiding judge was found, however, by Defendant No. exercised undue influence over the president.
The Court found that the superior court's power under Article 407 (1) Cr.P.C. The transfer of the judgment of the lower criminal court can be exercised when a fair or impartial trial is not possible, but it is clear that the procedure cannot be transferred in the mere arrest procedure.
The Court also pointed out that there cannot be a strict formula for the transfer of the proceedings, reiterating that the concern must be well-founded, not conceited, and that the power to transfer must be exercised moderately.