"He was also a witness in this case and his death followed by an attack on him would work as threat for our other witnesses," said counsel of the girl, Pramod Kumar Verma.
Meanwhile, the lawyer representing Asaram cross-examined the teenage girl, who has levelled sexual assault charges against Asaram.
More than two weeks after he was shot at from close range, Ayurveda doctor Prajapati died in Ahmedabad on June 10 at his residence.
On May 14, one of the Asaram's lawyers had quit citing personal reasons leading to which the court had slapped a fine on the defence as no other lawyer was ready to further the proceedings.
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A fine of Rs 10,000 was slapped on the defence.
After that, a counsel of Asaram moved an application under Section 311 of the CrPC pleading to re-allow the arguments.
The counsels of all the co-accused of the case have already completed the girl's examination, which had started after closing of the ongoing examination on behalf of Asaram.