Asaram Bapu

Supreme Court allows Asaram Bapu to engage full-time caregiver in jail

August 07, 2026 4:21 am

A report from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) stated that although Asaram Bapu didn’t need hospitalisation, he would need round-the-clock care.

Asaram gets 20-day parole, High Court criticises state panel for denying relief

August 05, 2026 4:05 am

The court said Asaram has undergone incarceration for a period of 13 years, one month and 24 days and has been released on interim bail earlier

Asaram Bapu challenges rape sentence, Supreme Court seeks Rajasthan response

June 30, 2026 4:28 pm

The Rajasthan High Court last month upheld self-styled godman Asaram Bapu's conviction in a case in which a minor devotee was confined to his ashram and sexually assaulted.

Government that swears by nari shakti, fails women repeatedly

June 19, 2026 6:20 pm

Crimes against women remain alarmingly high, with hundreds of thousands of cases registered annually. According to the National Crime Records Bureau, in 2023, 15,000 dowry cases were recorded, with 6,100 deaths — a 14 per cent increase from the previous year

'Quiet. Devastating. Irrefutable': Court cited 'victim's voice' to end Asaram's 2-year bail run

June 03, 2026 10:31 am

The Rajasthan High Court upheld his life sentence in a minor’s rape case, cancelled his bail, and directed him to surrender, observing that his frail health “cannot justify ignoring the victim’s voice. Quiet. Devastating. Irrefutable”.

‘Victim's voice is irrefutable’: Rajasthan High Court upholds Asaram’s life term in minor’s rape case, cancels bail

May 28, 2026 2:49 am

Upholding his life term but acquitting him of gangrape, the court held that his age and frailty ‘cannot justify ignoring the victim’s voice’.

Asaram Bapu’s Ahmedabad Ashram to be demolished: Gujarat HC allows state to reclaim 45,000 sq metre government land

February 05, 2026 3:21 pm

The land adjoining Narendra Modi Stadium in Motera is proposed to have Sardar Patel Sports Enclave, Olympic Village, and other sports facilities coming up on nearly 650 acres of land.

Gujarat HC modifies bail condition of police escort for Asaram Bapu during suspension of sentence

December 01, 2025 7:39 pm

During the hearing on Monday, the state public prosecutor submitted that the condition of the police escort must continue and that the state was willing to provide the escort at the ‘cost of the state’.

Gujarat HC grants Asaram Bapu 6-month suspension of jail sentence in 2013 rape case

November 06, 2025 3:55 pm

The suspension was granted on the same lines as the relief recently granted to him by the Rajasthan High Court in another rape case, on medical grounds.

Surat: Row erupts after hospital staff among others ‘offer prayers’ to Asaram’s photo

September 24, 2025 6:32 am

The RMO condemned the incident and said it shouldn’t have happened

Sant Rampal, Asaram, Nithyananda: Babas on the wrong side of law

November 22, 2014 3:09 pm

While 'Godman' Rampal is another controversial baba behind the bars. Here is a rewind of the controversial 'Godmen' on the wrong side of the Law.

The 2013 Asaram rape case: All that he was accused of

June 22, 2020 6:25 pm

Asaram Bapu is accused of raping a 16-year-old girl at his ashram in Jodhpur in 2013.

Supreme Court Directs UP, Haryana Government To Provide Security To Witnesses In Asaram Rape Case  

June 22, 2020 7:06 pm

Jodhpur Sessions Court rejects Asaram Bapu's bail plea

January 08, 2016 11:55 am

Jodhpur, Jan 08 (ANI): Self-styled godman Asaram Bapu, who is in jail since September 2013 for allegedly raping a minor, was on Friday denied bail by a court in Jodhpur. Lawyer Pramod Kumar Verma on Friday said that the verdict on Asaram Bapu was scheduled for today. He also said that the court rejected the plea and said that it is not the right time for a bail and conditions are not favorable.