Overview

• Gurmeet Ram Rahim, serving a 20-year sentence for rape, was acquitted in the 2002 murder of Ranjit Singh.
• The Haryana High Court highlighted flaws in the investigation, including issues with the weapon and ballistic reports.
• Ranjit Singh was allegedly murdered for his suspected role in exposing sexual exploitation at the Dera Sacha Sauda.
• A CBI court had previously convicted Ram Rahim and four others in 2021, sentencing them to life imprisonment.
• The acquittal overturns the CBI court's decision, questioning the integrity of the initial investigation.