Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh acted like a wild beast and didn’t spare his own disciples, stated CBI court while sentencing him to jail for 20 years. The judge said Gurmeet deserved no mercy for his act.
"Both the victims put the convict on the pedestal of 'God' and revered him like that only," said special CBI judge Jagdeep Singh in his judgement.
"However, he committed the breach of gravest nature by sexually assaulting such gullible and blind followers. Such criminal acts of convict, who is stated to be heading a religious organisation, are bound to shatter images of pious and sacred spiritual, social, cultural and religious institutions existing in the country since time immemorial, which in turn reflects irreparable damages caused by the acts of the convicts to the heritage of this ancient land."
The judge rejected the plea for sympathy for Dera head saying "Undue sympathy to impose inadequate sentence would do more harm to the justice dispensation system to undermine the public confidence in the efficacy of the law."
A fine of Rs 30 lakh is imposed on him bearing in mind his wealth and capacity to pay.
The judge justified the amount of fine saying, "Baba Gurmeet Ram Rahim is stated to be head of Dera which runs a number of institutions in which 7-8 thousand are working. He has been visiting abroad for the promotion of his movies. Such facts established that convict has no dearth of money and is a man possessing huge pelf and has huge financial resources to compensate victims of his criminal act."
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