Dera Sacha Sauda chief and actor-writer-producer-director Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who is undergoing imprisonment in Rohtak after being convicted for two murders and two rapes, was held by the Punjab and Haryana high court to not fall in the category of “hardcore prisoners” for the purpose of release on parole or furlough. With this ruling, there would be no legal hurdle for his release on parole or furlough in the future.
The high court also disposed of the plea challenging Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh’s recent release on furlough for being rendered infructuous as he had returned to the jail on completion of his period of release.