Friday, December 19, 2025
ADVT 
India

'Daughter' Of Jailed Dera Chief Honeypreet Gets Bail, Released From Ambala Jail

Darpan News Desk IANS, 06 Nov, 2019 09:32 PM

    A court on Wednesday granted bail to Honeypreet Insan, a close aide and adopted daughter of jailed Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, in a case of violence in Haryana's Panchkula in 2017 after the self-styled godman's sentence.


    She was subsequently released from Ambala central jail.


    Her bail comes as another major relief to Honeypreet as four days ago a local court dropped sedition charges against her and 35 other accused.


    Forty-one people were arrested and five accused, including Aditya Insan, were declared proclaimed offenders by a court last year.


    Honeypreet, Aditya Insan and Pawan Insan were booked by the police on charges of sedition, inciting violence and being involved in a conspiracy to help the Dera chief escape after his conviction by a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on August 25, 2017, on two counts of rape of female disciples in 1999.


    Honeypreet, in her mid-30s, had been the closest aide of Ram Rahim since 2009.


    The woman -- who has been claiming to be Ram Rahim's "adopted daughter" -- starred as the heroine in five films that he directed, produced and acted in over a period of three years.


    Ram Rahim has been sentenced to 20 years' rigorous imprisonment with a fine of over Rs 30 lakh.


    His rape conviction led to violence in Panchkula and Sirsa towns in Haryana that left 38 people dead and 264 injured. Isolated incidents of violence were also reported from Delhi and several places in Punjab.


    When the court had dropped the sedition charges on November 2, Honeypreet's counsel Dhruv Gupta told the media that it was a "good ground" to apply for bail.

    MORE India ARTICLES

    Farmers Lay Siege In Patiala To Seek Pardon For Murder Convict Manjit Singh Dhaner, Starts Indefinite Strike At Mehmadpur Grain Market

    Demanding the revocation of the life imprisonment of their union leader, farmers staged a sit-in dharna on Patiala-Bathinda highway and blocked the road near Mehmadpur village.

    Farmers Lay Siege In Patiala To Seek Pardon For Murder Convict Manjit Singh Dhaner, Starts Indefinite Strike At Mehmadpur Grain Market

    NIA To Investigate Tarn Taran Blast Case: Punjab Government

    The Central government on Friday accepted Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh-government’s recommendation to hand over the September 5 Tarn Taran blast case to the National Investigation Agency (NIA).

    NIA To Investigate Tarn Taran Blast Case: Punjab Government

    Protsahan: Where Creative Education meets Entrepreneurship

    The not-for-profit teaches children design, art, digital stories, photography, technology and cinema.

    Protsahan: Where Creative Education meets Entrepreneurship

    3 'Australian Tax Officials' Who Conned NRI Actress Isha Sharvani Held

    Three men who defrauded NRI actress Isha Sharvani and many other Australian residents of crores of rupees by pretending to be tax officials have been arrested as Delhi Police's Cyber Crime Unit busted their fake call centre here, police said on Thursday.

    3 'Australian Tax Officials' Who Conned NRI Actress Isha Sharvani Held

    Daughter's Shooting Hobby Gets Delhi Police Inspector Suspended

    A video of Delhi Police Sub-Inspector Dinesh Kumar has gone viral on social media in which his daughter is seen practicing in a North West District police line shooting range in the capital with the service revolver of her father.    

    Daughter's Shooting Hobby Gets Delhi Police Inspector Suspended

    Sunny Deol, Karisma Kapoor Charged By Railways For Pulling Chain In 1997

    Karisma Kapoor and Sunny Deol were accused of illegally pulling the chain of train 2413-A Uplink Express, which led to its delay by 25 minutes.  

    Sunny Deol, Karisma Kapoor Charged By Railways For Pulling Chain In 1997