Jailed Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim does not fall in hardcore prisoner category: HC
The Hindu
Ram Rahim is serving a 20-year jail term for raping two women disciples at his ashram in Sirsa, where the 'dera' is headquartered
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 Gurugram after the Haryana government concluded that he does not fall in the category of hardcore prisoners.
Furlough is a short-term temporary release of convicts from jail.
Kanika Ahuja, one of the counsels of the Dera chief on Friday said the court has held that Ram Rahim does not fall in the category of "hardcore prisoners".
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