{"id":47664,"date":"2026-08-11T02:36:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T21:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/ram-rahims-acquittal-in-journalist-murder-case-needs-consideration-supreme-court-india-news\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T02:36:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T21:06:49","slug":"ram-rahims-acquittal-in-journalist-murder-case-needs-consideration-supreme-court-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/ram-rahims-acquittal-in-journalist-murder-case-needs-consideration-supreme-court-india-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Ram Rahim\u2019s acquittal in journalist murder case needs consideration: Supreme Court | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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NEW DELHIi: Supreme Court<\/a> on Monday admitted a petition challenging acquittal of Dera Sacha Sauda<\/a> chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim<\/a>, who is serving a 20-year sentence for sexually assaulting two female disciples, in the 2002 murder of Sirsa-based journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati.A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana overruled protests by Rahim\u2019s counsel R Basant that it was a case of acquittal and that the state had not filed any appeal against the acquittal.\u201cThis matter requires consideration. It is a reversal of conviction (recorded by the trial court). It is not an acquittal affirmed by HC. We are equally conscious that the state (CBI) will not appeal against the acquittal,\u201d it said. The trial court had convicted Rahim and sentenced him to life imprisonment in Jan 2019.<\/p>\n

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