Summary:
The pillars of democracy cannot be allowed to be crushed,” the CBI judge wrote in his almost 191-page judgment. On January 11, the special CBI judge had convicted Gurmeet along with three other Dera functionaries for murder, criminal conspiracy and under the Arms Act. All four convicts were fined Rs 50,000 each and Kuldeep Singh and Nirmal Singh have to pay an additional Rs 5,000, he added. However, mobocracy and violent attacks on innocent citizens have no place in a democracy like ours which is governed by rule of law and sound constitutional norms. The three other convicts are lodged in the Ambala Jail.The CBI counsel, HPS Verma said the Dera chief's life term would start after completion of the 20-year term awarded to him in August 2017 for raping two sadhvis in the Dera.Verma added that Kuldeep Singh and Nirmal Singh were also awarded an additional sentence of three years under the Arms Act..