Nine people, including main accused Jaswanti Devi, were held guilty by a special CBI court in Panchkula on Wednesday in connection with infamous Rohtak’s Apna Ghar sexual exploitation case.
One accused was acquitted in the order pronounced on Wednesday by Judge Jagdeep Singh.
Defence lawyer Abhishek Rana told the mediapersons that the quantum of sentence will be pronounced on April 24.
The case hit the national headlines in May 2012 after a team from the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) had rescued more than 100 inmates, mostly children and young girls, from the destitute home called Apna Ghar in Rohtak during a surprise raid.
The inmates of the shelter home were allegedly subjected to sexual abuse besides physical and mental exploitation and used as bonded labour.
The shelter home, which was located in the home town of the-then Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, was sealed a month after the raid. The inmates were later accommodated in various shelter homes across Haryana.
After the initial probe, the case was handed over to the CBI following pressure from various quarters.
Apna Ghar was being run by NGO Bharat Vikas Sangh and was headed by Jaswanti Devi. The CBI had, in its 2012 chargesheet, accused seven persons of committing crime against the minors. In an additional chargesheet in 2013, it added three more names.
All of them were being tried for rape, abortion without consent, voluntarily causing hurt, assault or use of criminal force on a woman with intent to outrage her modesty, unlawful compulsory labour, criminal intimidation, criminal conspiracy and violation of the Immoral Trafficking (Prevention) Act and the Juvenile Justice Act.
Those held guilty by the court included Jaswanti Devi, her daughter Sushma alias Simmi, son-in-law Jai Bhagwan, brother Jaswant, cousin Sheela, acquaintance Roshni, driver Satish, employee Ram Prakash Saini and counsellor Veena.
Of the 10 accused in the case, the court on Wednesday acquitted Angrez Kaur Hooda of all charges.
As many as 121 prosecution witnesses were examined during the trial.