NEW DELHI: Asaram Bapu, serving a life sentence in a rape case, has been granted recent interim bail. Following this, the survivor’s father expressed issues saying that his household faces better hazard because the self-proclaimed godman “can do something” to them at any time.
The Gujarat Excessive Court docket on Friday prolonged Asaram Bapu’s momentary bail by three months in a rape case, citing medical causes.
The survivor’s father from Uttar Pradesh’s Shahjahanpur district questioned the repeated bail grants and stated that Asaram “is influencing everybody”.
“When Asaram was in jail, it was our victory. Now he’s managing everybody. I’m stunned that the courtroom is repeatedly granting interim bail to Asaram, first for seven days, then 12 days, then two and a half months and now for 3 months,” the survivor’s father advised information company PTI.
The 16-year-old minor was raped at Asaram’s Jodhpur ashram in 2013.
Her father additional famous that since Asaram’s launch, his followers had predicted he would not return to jail, which now seems correct. He talked about that Asaram has been visiting varied areas together with Jodhpur, Indore, Ujjain and Surat, assembly his followers.
“What sort of sickness does he have? Now the hazard to our household has elevated. He can do something to us at any time. Now we’re solely depending on God,” he stated.
Asaram’s consultant, Senior advocate Shalin Mehta, knowledgeable the courtroom that the 86-year-old required ayurvedic ‘panchakarma’ remedy for his coronary heart and kidney situations.
The advocate defined that the remedy at a Jodhpur-based ayurvedic facility had simply commenced and required three extra months.
Earlier on January 7, the Supreme Court docket granted Asaram interim bail till March 31 within the case filed by Gujarat Police.
With the bail interval set to run out on Monday, his attorneys approached the excessive courtroom in search of a three-month extension beginning April 1.
In the meantime, the survivor’s father alleged that their lawyer deceived them by failing to oppose Asaram’s bail plea, regardless of having all the mandatory paperwork ready.
“Even after repeated requests, our lawyer didn’t file an objection in courtroom. On account of this, the courtroom once more granted him bail for 3 months.
“We signed all of the papers and gave them to the lawyer however he didn’t file the objection and stored making us run round… he has cheated us,” the survivor’s father alleged.
Superintendent of Police (SP) Rajesh Dwivedi confirmed safety measures, together with a guard on the survivor’s residence and two private safety officers.
“Our officers are consistently monitoring the safety of the survivor’s household,” he added.
Asaram acquired a life sentence in 2018 for rape below the Safety of Kids from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. In 2023, a Gujarat courtroom discovered him responsible of raping a lady disciple at his Motera ashram in Ahmedabad.
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