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Supreme Court to hear plea against Ram Rahim acquittal in journalist murder case
Supreme Court to hear plea against Ram Rahim acquittal in journalist murder case
The Supreme Court on Tuesday listed for final hearing a plea challenging the acquittal of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in the 2002 murder of journalist Ram Chhatrapati. A…
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday listed for final hearing a plea challenging the acquittal of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in the 2002 murder of journalist Ram Chhatrapati. A bench of CJI Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana issued notice on the petition filed by the slain journalist's son Aridaman, noting the matter required consideration.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court had in March 2026 acquitted Ram Rahim, ruling that the CBI coerced a witness into implicating him. The trial court had earlier convicted Ram Rahim and three others to life imprisonment in 2019. The Supreme Court indicated it would examine the High Court's appreciation of the testimony of prosecution witness No.31, and listed the case for November.
The Indian Opinion
The usual suspects will spin this as the Supreme Court finally showing courage against a powerful godman, or as the court wasting time on a case the state itself did not appeal. Both are lazy. The court explicitly noted it is hearing a son's plea for justice in a murder case where the High Court reversed a life term, not a state appeal. That reversal, on the credibility of one witness allegedly coached by the CBI, is what the bench will test in November. The question is not Ram Rahim's popularity but whether the High Court's reasoning withstands scrutiny when the same evidence once convinced a trial judge.
Source: livelaw.in
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