Delhi HC is hearing anticipatory bail plea of Honeypreet

New Delhi, Sept 26: Delhi High Court is today hearing the anticipatory bail application of Honeypreet Insan, who is wanted by the Haryana Police in connection with incidents of violence following conviction of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh. Advocate Pradeep Kumar Arya has moved an anticipatory bail plea on behalf of Priyanka Taneja alias Honeypreet, the adopted daughter of the jailed Dera chief and sought three weeks transit anticipatory bail for Honeypreet and submitted that there is "danger" to her life. A CBI Special Judge in Panchkula convicted Ram Rahim on August 25, 2017, following which violence and arson had erupted in Panchkula and Sirsa districts of Haryana which had left 41 people dead and several others injured. Honeypreet is wanted by Haryana Police and tops the list of 43 people in connection with incidents of violence that had followed Ram Rahim's conviction in the rape cases. On August 28, the CBI Special Judge had sentenced the Dera chief to 20 years in prison for raping two of his disciples in 2002. Honeypreet had travelled along with Rahim in the special chopper which ferried them to Rohtak from Panchkula after the conviction and she had accompanied the Dera head when he had come to the Special CBI Court. Ram Rahim is currently lodged in Sunaria jail in Rohtak district of Haryana. Haryana Police’s several teams have travelled across the country including the Indo-Nepal border to trace Honeypreet. Delhi High Court Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar after hearing the urgent plea for Honeypreet's application sought to know from the counsel that why they are "superexcited now". The Court asked from the counsel "You must be anticipating this." The division bench listed the matter for today at 1400 hrs when the counsel pressed for hearing the petition on an urgent basis as submitted by the counsel that there is "danger" to her life. UNI