To walk out of jail…
On Tuesday, 14 January 2025, the Rajasthan High Court (HC) granted interim bail till March 31 to Asaram. He is serving life imprisonment in a 2013 rape case.
This decision comes a week after the SC granted him bail till March 31 in another rape case. He suffered from various ailments and needed treatment.
Soon after the top court granted him relief on medical grounds, Asaram's counsels moved a suspension of sentence plea in the high court.
A division bench of Justices Dinesh Mehta and Vineet Kumar Mathur granted interim bail to Asaram considering that the nature of the plea was similar to the one filed in the SC.
"We argued that the plea was similar in nature to that filed in the SC and the grounds stand valid in this case too," Asaram's counsel Nishant Bora said.
He said the conditions for Asaram's interim bail are the same as those set by the top court on January 7 except one.
"If Asaram wants to travel outside Jodhpur, he will have to bear the expenses of the three constables who have been asked to accompany him," Bora said.
A lower court sentenced Asaram to life imprisonment in April 2018 for raping a minor at his ashram in Jodhpur in year 2013.
Edited By: Tanvi Walia
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