Judgment in Chhatrapati case against Ram Rahim to be pronounced today

The special CBI court in Panchkula is set to pronounced judgment on murder charges against Dera Sacha Sauda Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim, who has been accused of murdering a journalist in January 2011. The 51-year-old sect head is currently serving a 20-year prison term in Rohtak's Sunaria jail for raping two of his women followers.

Gurmeet Ram Rahim will now appear through video conferencing for the hearing in journalist Ramchandra Chhatrapati's murder case on Friday, when the court is likely to pronounce its verdict.

He has been named as the main conspirator in the case which dates back to 2002.