MOHALI: Self-styled Christian preacher, pastor Bajinder Singh, who was on Friday convicted in a 2018 rape case by a Mohali court, will be handed down the penalty on April 1.

More allegations against him
The special judge’s court found the pastor guilty under sections 376 (rape), 323 (punishment for voluntary causing hurt) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code, leading to his immediate custody and transfer to Patiala Jail
The court acquitted the remaining accused — Akbar Bhatti, Rajesh Chaudhary, Jatinder Kumar, Sitar Ali, and Sandeep alias Pehlwan due to a lack of evidence. Another accused, Sucha Singh, had died…