Indore (Madhya Pradesh): Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh Court on Thursday reserved verdict on a petition challenging lower court order in spiritual leader Bhaiyyu Maharaj suicide case.
A local court had sentenced three sevadars of Bhaiyyu Maharaj to 6 years in jail for torturing him mentally and abetting him to commit suicide in 2018.
Additional sessions Judge Dharmendra Soni held Sevadar Vinayak Dudhade, caretaker Palak Puranik and driver Sharad Deshmukh guilty of abetment of suicide and had awarded six years in jail to each of them.
The trio had challenged the court’s order in High Court. The court completed the hearing in the case and reserved its verdict on Thursday.
In 2018, Bhaiyyu Maharaj shot himself dead with his personal licensed revolver at his residence in Indore. Maharaj who had followers among film stars and politicians was blackmailed by his trusted sevadars who abused him and forced him to take the extreme step.
