Dera Chief Ram Rahim Does Not Fall In "Hardcore Prisoner" Category: Court
NDTV
The Punjab and Haryana High Court disposed of a plea filed by a Patiala resident challenging the short-term release that was granted to rape convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh.
Jailed Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh does not fall in the category of "hardcore prisoners" for the purpose of his release on parole or furlough, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has held.
The court of Justice Raj Mohan Singh also disposed of the plea filed by a Patiala resident who had challenged the furlough granted to Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in February.
The order was pronounced on Thursday. The petition was disposed of as infructuous as Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh had already returned to jail.
The Dera Sacha Sauda chief, who is lodged in Rohtak's Sunaria jail, was granted a three-week furlough on February 7 to meet his family in Gurgaon after the Haryana government concluded that he does not fall in the category of hardcore prisoners.
