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The Delhi High Court will hear the anticipatory bail plea of Honeypreet Insan, the ‘daughter’ of rape convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim at 2 pm on Tuesday, officials said.
Facing sedition charges, Honeypreet, who has been on the run following Ram Rahim’s conviction in two rape cases on Monday approached the court seeking transit anticipatory bail.
A court in Panchkula, adjoining Chandigarh, on Monday issued arrest warrants against Honeypreet, and Ram Rahim’s close aides– Aditya Insan and Pawan Insan.
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All three were booked by the Haryana Police on charges of sedition, inciting violence and being involved in the conspiracy to help the Dera chief escape after his conviction by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on August 25 on two counts of raping female disciples in 1999.
A team of Panchkula Police on Tuesday raided a house in the national capital intensifying the search operation for Honeypreet. However, she managed to evade arrest.
Earlier, a lookout notice was issued against Honeypreet by the police.
Ram Rahim was convicted by the special CBI court in Panchkula on August 25, following which violence and arson had erupted in Panchkula and Sirsa districts of Haryana which had left 41 people dead and several others injured.
The CBI court on August 28 had sentenced Ram Rahim to 20 years in prison for raping two of his disciples in 2002.
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