Asaram Bapu

The Supreme Court on Friday sought response from the Gujarat government on a plea filed by jailed self-styled godman Asaram seeking suspension of the life sentence imposed on him by a trial court in a 2013 rape case. A bench of Justices M M Sundresh and Aravind Kumar told the counsel appearing for Asaram that it would examine the issue only if there are medical grounds. "We will issue notice, but we will consider only on medical conditions," the bench said while posting the matter for hearing on December 13. The Gujarat High Court on August 29 had rejected Asaram's plea for the suspension of life imprisonment in the case by a Gandhinagar court in 2023. Refusing to suspend the sentence and grant him bail, the high court had observed that no case for relief was made out. The sessions court in January 2023 convicted Asaram in the 2013 rape case, filed by a woman who was living in his ashram near Gandhinagar at the time of the crime. Asaram is currently lodged in Jodhpur jail in ...

Rajen Jadhav, Advocate of Narayan Sai said that 5 lakh rupees has to be deposited and the burder of that expense is on the applicant

Asaram Bapu, 85 years old, has been incarcerated in Jodhpur jail since 2013. In 2018, he received a life sentence for sexually assaulting a teenage student at his ashram

Asaram has moved the Rajasthan high court for parole after his plea for relief was rejected a second time, his counsel said on Saturday. Allowing his application, the high court on Friday issued a notice to the state government seeking a reply in two weeks. Asaram, a self-styled godman, has been serving a life sentence following his conviction on April 25, 2018, for sexually assaulting a teenage student of his ashram. His counsel Kalu Ram Bhati said that the District Parole Committee rejected his parole application a second time on the ground that his release on parole could cause law and order issues. "Asaram had moved an application seeking 20 days' parole but the committee rejected it citing a negative report from the police," he said. Bhati in court argued that Asaram had been serving the jail term for 11 years and even the Social Justice and Empowerment department had recommended parole for him. "Moreover, his behaviour in this entire period in the jail has been satisfactory

More than nine years after a former disciple of Asaram Bapu lodged a case of rape against him during her earlier stay in his ashram, a court in Gandhinagar on Monday convicted the self-styled godman and is likely to pronounce the sentence on Tuesday. Sessions court judge DK Soni acquitted six other accused, including Asaram's wife Laxmiben, their daughter, and four disciples who were accused of aiding and abetting the crime, for want of evidence, the prosecution said. Asaram's lawyer said the session court's order will be challenged in the Gujarat High Court. Notably, the victim's younger sister was raped and illegally confined by Asaram's son Narayan Sai. Sai was sentenced to life imprisonment by a sessions court in Surat in April 2019 in the rape case filed against him by his former disciple in 2013. As per the FIR (First Information Report) registered at Chandkheda police station in Ahmedabad on October 6, 2013, against Asaram Bapu and six others, the self-styled godman had rape

The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside the order of the Gujarat High Court

Asaram is seeking a 30-day temporary bail to attend to his ailing wife

Two Surat-based sisters had lodged separate complaints against Asaram and his son Narayan Sai accusing them of rape

In 2013, two Surat-based sisters approached police alleging they were raped by Asaram Bapu and his son Narayan Sai

This comes after Dera Sacha Sauda chief, Gurmeet Ram Rahim, was convicted in two rapes cases of 2002

Asaram was arrested by Jodhpur Police on August 31, 2013 and has been in jail since then

The self-styled godman knocked the doors of the apex court seeking bail on health ground

In 2013, a minor girl had alleged Asaram of sexually assaulting her at his ashram in Jodhpur

Asaram had earlier knocked the doors of the apex court seeking bail on health grounds

Self proclaimed godman had been accused of raping a minor girl at his ashram in Jodhpur

He was a cook and personal aide of Asaram who has been in jail since August 2013

Asaram has been in jail since August 2013 for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl; arrested after parents lodged complaint

35-year-old Akhil was shot at by unidentified persons on January 11 last year

This was the ninth regular bail application of Asaram to be rejected

There were 59 prosecution witnesses in this case, of which 14 had been dropped while one Amrut Prajapti was shot dead in Surat