Haryana High Court Suspends Life Sentence of Self-Styled Godman Rampal
Background of Rampal and Satlok Ashram Controversy Rampal, head of the Satlok Ashram , has been in custody since November 2014 after being arrested in a criminal contempt case by the Punjab and Haryana High Court. His arrest followed large-scale violence during an operation to bring him before the court. The 2014 incident led to six deaths and injuries to 110 police personnel and 70 civilians , sparking widespread controversy. Following this, five criminal cases were registered against him. High Court’s Suspension of Sentence On September 2, 2025 , the Punjab and Haryana High Court suspended Rampal’s life sentence in a 2014 case involving the deaths of four women and one child at his ashram. This comes just days after another suspension on August 28, 2025 , in a separate case concerning the death of one woman during the same operation. The bench of Justice Gurvinder Singh Gill and Justice Deepinder Singh Nalwa noted that Rampal, now 74 years old , had already spent 10 yea...