Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh released from prison for 17th time since rape conviction
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Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh walked out of jail on Tuesday after being granted a 21-day furlough, reported Hindustan Times. This is the 17th time he has been released from prison since he was convicted in a rape case in August 2017.
Singh is serving a 20-year prison sentence in Sunaria jail in Haryana’s Rohtak for raping two of his women disciples. During the furlough, he will stay at the headquarters of his organisation in Sirsa district.
This is his third consecutive temporary release during which he has been allowed to stay at the Sirsa headquarters, NDTV reported. At other times, he stayed at his organisation’s ashram in Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat.
With the latest 21-day furlough, Singh has exhausted his annual entitlement of 10 weeks of parole and three weeks of furlough under the 2022 Haryana Good Conduct Prisoners Temporary Release Act.
The law allows prisoners a total of 10 weeks of parole in a calendar year, which can be taken in two parts, along with up to three weeks of furlough that must be availed in a single stretch.
In February 2024, the Punjab and Haryana High Court told the Haryana government that Singh could not be granted parole without its permission. This came a month after Singh was released for 50 days, which was his...