New Delhi: The Supreme Court today refused to grant bail to Asaram Bapu in a rape case filed in Gujarat. The court asked him to approach the High Court.
Apex court, however, has agreed to hear his bail plea in another rape case lodged against him in Rajasthan and has issued a notice to the State Government.
On Aug 20, 2013, a 16-year-old girl lodged a police complaint accusing Asaram, 72, of sexually assaulting her at his ashram near Rajasthan’s Jodhpur.
In her complaint, the girl alleged that Asaram’s aides sent her to his Jodhpur ashram on the pretext that she was under the influence of an “evil spirit” and the spiritual guru could perform an exorcism.
Asaram was arrested from his ashram in Indore in Madhya Pradesh, and brought to Jodhpur Sep 1. He is lodged in the Jodhpur Central Jail since Sep 2.
Bureau Report
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