Asaram’s bail plea turned down for 6th time

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Reacting to the decision, Swamy said he would make another attempt at bailing the controversial godman out.

Before Swamy, high profile lawyer Ram Jethmalani had also tried bailing Asaram out, but to no avail.

Asaram’s bail plea has earlier been turned down twice by the lower courts and the Gujarat High Court, and once by the Supreme Court. Besides, his bail applications have been rejected consecutively by various Gujarat courts, inlcuding the High Court.

This time around, Swamy had argued that the case against Asaram was fabricated and that he deserved bail. However, prosecution lawyer P C Solanki opposed Swamy’s contention and requested the court to look at who the accused was, the age of his victim and the circumstances under which he had committed the crime, before arriving at a decision.

Judge Vyas admitted the prosecution’s arguments and rejected Asaram’s bail plea.

BJP leader Swamy expressed his reaction to the court’s decision in a series of tweets.

“Waiting for the Asaram bail rejection order. If it is because the sixth material has not been examined then the door is open to re- apply,” he tweeted.