Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh released from jail on 21-day furlough
Singh has been frequently granted temporary release in the past four years.
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Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was released from prison on Tuesday on a 21-day furlough, The Indian Express reported.
While a furlough can be given without any reason after serving a stipulated period of time in prison, a prisoner is granted parole based on an urgent demand or need. Singh has been frequently granted parole in the past four years.
On Tuesday, the Dera Sacha Sauda chief was released from the Sunaria Jail in Haryana’s Rohtak district at 6.30 am and will stay in Baghpat in Uttar Pradesh, according to the newspaper.
This comes ahead of Singh’s birthday on August 15, according to News24.
Singh was sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment in 2017 for raping two of his women disciples at the Dera headquarters in Haryana’s Sirsa district. In 2021, he and four others were convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the murder case of Ranjit Singh, a former manager of his sect.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court acquitted him in the murder case in May.
In June, Singh moved the High Court seeking a 21-day furlough, PTI reported.
On Friday, the High Court said that the application for temporary release filed by Singh will be decided by competent authorities as per the provisions of the Haryana Good Conduct Prisoners Temporary Release Act, 2022, without “favouritism or arbitrariness”, Live Law reported.
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