Chandigarh, August-Slamming Haryana for extending political patronage to Dera Sacha Sauda and the Chief Minister for “protecting” it, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today categorically said the Bench was misled by the state functionaries ahead of the verdict in the rape case against dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim.

A Full Bench of Acting Chief Justice Surinder Singh Saron, Justice Surya Kant and Justice Avneesh Jhingan said: “There was a sea difference between the administrative and political decisions, and the administrative decisions were paralysed because of the political decisions.”