January 14, 2025 5:50 pm
Asaram Bapu 2013 Rape case: On Tuesday, a Bench of Justices Dinesh Mehta and Vinit Kumar Mathur of the Rajasthan High Court allowed a temporary suspension of sentence (SOS) on medical grounds, Asaram’s lawyers said.
November 23, 2024 1:15 am
A bench of Justices M M Sundresh and Aravind Kumar told the counsel appearing for Asaram that it will examine the issue only if there are medical grounds.
March 17, 2023 3:19 am
The court had also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on Asaram to be paid as compensation to the victim.
May 21, 2021 6:49 pm
Asaram's counsel stressed that he preferred Ayurvedic treatment and sought permission to shift him to his ashram in Jodhpur, saying his followers can arrange for his treatment there. The court rejected this plea as non-tenable.
April 27, 2018 9:00 am
Asaram was on Wednesday sentenced to life imprisonment by a Jodhpur court for raping a 16-year-old girl.
April 26, 2018 7:57 pm
We were having sleepless nights in these over four years and yesterday night we had a sound sleep when we were assured that Asaram cannot harm us any more, the victim's father said.
January 28, 2019 4:39 pm
Two aides of Asaram - Sanchita alias Shilpi and Sharad Chandra alias Sharat Chandra were sentenced to twenty years imprisonment each, while another two, Prakash and Shiva, were acquitted.
April 25, 2018 8:53 pm
Bhopal has two places named after Asaram -- a road crossing and a bus stand, both located near the godman's ashram near the Raja Bhoj Airport on the city outskirts.
April 25, 2018 10:21 pm
Asaram convicted: Even though India ranks 135 out of 147 countries on women empowerment in the United Nations Human Development Index, there have been rare instances when women have single-handedly fought for justice against people with power and have managed to get their conviction.
April 26, 2018 9:26 am
"In the FIR lodged by the victim or in the chargesheet filed, nowhere does it say that she was raped. What it says is that he tried to touch her improperly," said Vanzara.




