CONTRAVERSIAL 'godman' Rampal was in for deep trouble with his bail in a 2006 murder case being cancelled on Thursday (November 20) by the Punjab and Haryana High Court which posted the matter to November 28 till then he will be in judicial custody.
Rampal, who was not obeying the HC directives for appearance before it, was arrested from his ashram in Barwala in Haryana's Hisar district on Wednesday (November 19) night after over two weeks of standoff between police and his supporters, who posed stiff resistance and even resorted to violence on Tuesday (November 18).
The bench comprising Justices M Jeyapaul and Darshan Singh on Thursday pronounced the cancellation of his bail in connection with a case of murder registered in 2006 after a clash at his Ashram at Kainthola in Rohtak district where one person had died and some others were injured.
The bail was cancelled after Haryana Advocate General and Station House Officer (SHO) of Barwala Police Station moved an application stating that Rampal had been arrested in a contempt of court case. The HC also ordered that he be arrested immediately.
Rampal, who had refused to appear before the High Court citing ill-health, was on Thursday morning taken for a mandatory medical test at a government hospital in Panchkula and all his health parameters were found to be “stable”.
He was later produced before the HC in a contempt of court case and was sent to judicial custody.
The bench posted the matter to November 28 with a direction to Haryana Police chief to file an affidavit giving details of the operation carried out to arrest Rampal from his ashram in Barwala in Haryana's Hisar district along with damages, injuries to people, regarding arms and ammunition in the Ashram and loss of property.
Rampal had been evading his appearance in a contempt of court case before the HC, which issued a direction to police to produce him by Friday (November 21).
The 63-year-old 'godman' claimed to reporters that allegations against him were false.
Rampal had failed to appear before the High Court on three dates – November 5, November 10 and November 17 – and was facing non-bailable warrants.
