Rapist Christian Pastor ‘Yeshu Yeshu’ gets life term
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ April 1 ,2025
Self-proclaimed Christian Pastor Bajinder gets life term in a rape case registered against him in 2018.
The court of additional district and sessions judge Vikrant Kumar of Mohali convicted Bajinder Singh (42) under Sections 376 (rape), 323 (punishment for voluntary causing hurt), and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code.
Advocate Anil Sagar, counsel for the victim, emphasised the need for exemplary punishment.
Bajinder, was lodged in Patiala jail after the convicted Bajinder Singh on Friday.
The complainant woman had alleged that Pastor Bajinder, on the pretext of helping her in moving and settling abroad, lured her to his residence in Mohali’s Sector 63, where he raped her and also recorded the act. She had further alleged that he had threatened to post the video on social media if she did not agree to his demands.
Earlier in February, Punjab Police registered another FIR against Pastor Bajinder Singh after a complaint was filed by a woman named Ranjeet Kaur alleging assault on her, said Punjab police officials on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the court also acquitted five others — Pastors Jatinder Kumar and Akbar Bhatti, Rajesh Chaudhary, Sitar Ali, and Sandeep Pehlwan – who were named as accused in the FIR registered at at Zirakpur police station in 2018.
As per records, Bajinder was born into a Jatt family in Yamunanagar, Haryana. He was jailed for murder during the early 2000s.
After his release, he began conducting prayer meetings in 2012. His ministry claims to offer miraculous healings and solutions to various health ailments
