India, April 1 -- A Mohali court on Tuesday sentenced self-styled pastor, Bajinder Singh, 42, to life imprisonment till death in a rape case registered against him in Zirakpur town in 2018.

Additional district and sessions judge (ADSJ) Vikrant Gupta pronounced the judgment as Bajinder, who runs the Church of Glory and Wisdom in Mohali, was brought from Patiala jail and produced before him amid tight security.

Life imprisonment till death signifies a life sentence with no possibility of parole or release, meaning the individual will remain incarcerated until natural death.

Bajinder was convicted under Sections 376 (rape), 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code on March 28 a...