CBI judge to be flown to Rohtak for Ram Rahim's prison sentence hearing

August 26, 2017 18:34

The hearing to decide the quantum of punishment to Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who was convicted in a rape case by a CBI court in Panchkula on Friday, will take place inside the Rohtak district jail on Monday.

CBI court judge Jagdeep Singh, who on Friday pronounced Ram Rahim guilty, will be flown to the Sunaria jail in a helicopter and set up his makeshift court there. The punishment can be a jail term not less than ten years but may even extend to life imprisonment.

In an order, the Acting Chief Justice and other judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, told the jail authorities and the additional chief secretary of Haryana government to make all the necessary arrangements and to ensure the judges security.

Earlier, the CBI judge had planned to hold the hearing via video-conferencing in order to avoid a repeat of the violence that erupted in Panchkula after the conviction.

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