Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has given permission to prosecute Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in the 2015 sacrilege cases. This permission has been given three days after the Supreme Court restarted the case against him. The Supreme Court on Friday cleared the way for prosecution in the 2015 sacrilege cases involving Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh. A bench of Justices BR Gavai and KV Vishwanathan lifted the stay imposed on the trial by the Punjab and Haryana High Court and directed Ram Rahim to file a reply. The Supreme Court acted on the Punjab government’s plea and will hear the case again in four weeks.
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Punjab gives permission to prosecute Dera chief Ram Rahim in sacrilege cases
The Punjab government on Tuesday granted sanction to prosecute Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in three sacrilege cases of 2015. These cases had sparked widespread protests by the Sikh community, leading to clashes and the death of two protesters in police firing. With this approval, the way has been cleared to initiate the case against Ram Rahim. The development comes three days after the Supreme Court lifted the stay imposed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court on the trial in sacrilege cases against Ram Rahim Singh. The order has come on a petition filed by the Bhagwant Mann-led AAP government.
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The Punjab government has also sanctioned prosecution of three national committee members of the organization – Pradeep Kaler, Harsh Dhuri and Sandeep Baretta.
What is the matter of sacrilege?
These cases relate to the theft and desecration of a copy of Guru Granth Sahib in Bargari in Faridkot district in 2015. On 1 June 2015, a copy of the Guru Granth Sahib was stolen from a Gurudwara in Faridkot. A few days later, torn pages of the holy book were found in Bargari, triggering widespread protests in Faridkot. When the protests turned violent, police opened fire, killing two people in Behbal Kalan. Several others were injured in Kotkapura.
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A Special Investigation Team (SIT) led by ADGP Surinder Pal Singh Parmar in July 2022 convicted Ram Rahim as one of the main conspirators in the sacrilege cases. The cases were registered under IPC section 295 (outraging religious sentiments). Cases registered under this section require government sanction for prosecution. The Dera Sacha Sauda chief is already serving a 20-year sentence after being found guilty of murder and rape. He is lodged in Rohtak’s Sunaria jail, even though he has been granted parole on several occasions, mostly coinciding with Lok Sabha and state assembly elections.
