Mar 28, 2025 03:42 PM IST
Pronouncement of sentence will be done on 1st April.
A Mohali court on Friday pronounced Pastor Bajinder Singh, a renowned Christian preacher based in Punjab’s Jalandhar, guilty in a 2018 sexual harassment case. Pronouncement of sentence will be done by the court on April 1, ANI reported.
The 2018 case, in which the preacher has been found guilty, pertains to rape charge against him by a Zirakpur-based victim, who alleged that the pastor established non-consensual relations with her on the pretext of taking her abroad. Allegations made against the pastor also involved an obscene video of the complainant allegedly made by Singh, The Tribune reported.
An FIR in the case was registered at the Zirakpur police station on April 20, 2018, under various sections of the IPC and the IT Act. Apart from Bajinder Singh, five others were also booked in the case. These include Pastor Jatinder, Pastor Akbar, Sattar Ali, and Sandeep Pehelwan, according to the report.
