In this file photo dated June 19, 2015, self-styled godman Asaram at a court, in Jodhpur. The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted interim bail to the jailed self-styled godman in a 2013 rape case on medical grounds till March 31. (PTI Photo)

SC grants interim bail to Asaram on medical grounds

Bench directed Asaram not to meet his followers post release.

by · The Siasat Daily

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted interim bail to jailed self-styled godman Asaram in a 2013 rape case on medical grounds till March 31.

Notably, a bench of Justices M M Sundresh and Rajesh Bindal directed Asaram not to meet his followers post release.

The top court said 86-year-old Asaram was suffering from various age-related health conditions besides a heart ailment.

The top court had sought the Gujarat government’s response to Asaram’s plea for suspension of the life sentence awarded to him by a Gandhinagar court in 2023.

The SC said it would only examine the issue on medical grounds.

On August 29, 2024, the Gujarat High Court rejected Asaram’s plea seeking the suspension and found no case to grant him the reprieve.

The trial court in January 2023, convicted Asaram in the 2013 case, filed by a woman who lived in his ashram near Gandhinagar when the alleged crime took place.

Asaram is currently lodged in a Jodhpur jail in Rajasthan in another rape case.

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**EDS: FILE IMAGE** Jodhpur: In this Monday, June 6, 2016 file photo, self-styled godman Asaram being brought in a wheelchair at a hospital in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted interim bail to the jailed self-styled godman in a 2013 rape case on medical grounds till March 31. (PTI Photo)
**EDS: FILE PHOTO** New Delhi: In this file photo dated Nov. 18, 2013, self-styled godman Asaram at a court, in Jodhpur. The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted interim bail to the jailed self-styled godman in a 2013 rape case on medical grounds till March 31. (PTI Photo)