Chandigarh, Feb. 18 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Tuesday took up the appeals from Dera Sacha Sauda (DSS) head, Gurmeet Ram Rahim, and others in the October 2002 murder of journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati, second time after reserving the appeals for final order, in September 2025. Earlier, the case was listed for hearing on February 5 by the bench of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Vikram Aggarwal owing to "emergence of new facts" and "clarifications" about forensic reports of murder weapon and bullets seized by the CBI. The appeals filed in 2019 were reserved for final orders on September 25, 2025.

When case was taken up on Tuesday, the bench closely scrutinised the case property to see whether the fired "Lapua" soft-le...