{"id":17802,"date":"2025-01-07T07:22:47","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T07:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/?p=17802"},"modified":"2025-01-07T07:22:47","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T07:22:47","slug":"rape-convict-asaram-gets-interim-bail-but-will-remain-in-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/?p=17802","title":{"rendered":"Rape Convict Asaram Gets Interim Bail, But Will Remain In Jail"},"content":{"rendered":"

A week after self-styled godman Asaram<\/a> returned to prison in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur after 17-day parole, the Supreme Court today granted him interim bail on medical grounds. Asaram, who was convicted in a 2013 rape case, will, however, remain in jail as he has to get interim bail in another rape case.<\/p>\n

The 83-year-old, whose real name is Asumal Sirumalani Harpalani, was arrested for raping a schoolgirl in his ashram in Jodhpur in 2013. He was later also convicted of raping a woman at his ashram near Gujarat’s Gandhinagar in 2013.<\/p>\n

Supreme Court Justices MM Sundresh and Rajesh Bindal granted him interim bail till March 31 but ordered that he can’t meet his followers after he is released.<\/p>\n

The court also told police officers to escort Asaram to hospital, but not dictate where he should go for the treatment.<\/p>\n

Asaram’s lawyers requested interim bail on the grounds that he is suffering from serious medical ailments.<\/p>\n

He returned to jail on January 1 after his parole (15 days of parole and 2 days for travelling) ended.<\/p>\n

Last year, he took treatment in Pune. He was also admitted to AIIMS Jodhpur after he developed some heart-related ailment.<\/p>\n

Asaram’s Rape Case<\/strong><\/h3>\n

A court in Jodhpur in 2018 sentenced Asaram<\/a> to life in prison after finding him guilty of raping a 16-year-old in his ashram in 2013. His two accomplices were sentenced to 20 years in jail by the court in the same case.<\/p>\n

In January 2023, he was also convicted of raping a woman at one of his ashrams, near Gandhinagar, in 2013.<\/p>\n

The Supreme Court had last year sought a response from the Gujarat government on a plea filed by Asaram seeking suspension of the life sentence imposed on him by a trial court in the 2013 rape case.<\/p>\n

The court told the lawyer appearing for Asaram that it would examine the issue only if there were medical grounds.<\/p>\n

The Gujarat High Court in August rejected his plea for the suspension of life imprisonment handed 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.<\/p>\n

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