Mohali, March 29 -- Self-styled preacher pastor, Bajinder Singh (42), on Friday was convicted in a rape case registered against him in 2018 at the Zirakpur police station.

The additional district and sessions judge (ADSJ) Vikrant Gupta will pronounce the quantum of punishment on April 1.

Bajinder has been convicted under Sections 376 (rape), 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code.

He has been taken to Patiala jail.

On Friday, Bajinder, who runs the Church of Glory and Wisdom, was produced before the court amid heavy police security.

Five other accused in the case-pastor Jatinder, pastor Akbar, Sattar Ali, and Sandeep Pehalwan- were acquitted.

The case dates back to 2018...