Gujarat HC modifies bail condition of police escort for Asaram Bapu during suspension of sentence
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’.
The HC stated that the other conditions imposed on Asaram Bapu – of not meeting followers in groups or gatherings and delivering public addresses would continue to prevail. (File Photo) The Gujarat High Court Monday modified the bail condition of having three police officials in the vicinity of self-styled spiritual leader Asaram Bapu during the period of the six-month suspension of sentence in a rape case.
In an oral order, Justice I J Vora and Justice R T Vachhani considered the application made by Asaram Bapu, seeking deletion of the condition from the bail order. The HC stated that the other conditions imposed on Asaram Bapu – of not meeting followers in groups or gatherings and delivering public addresses would continue to prevail.
The oral order of the HC, made available on Monday, states, “We have carefully examined the past conduct of the applicant herein and order passed by the Jodhpur Bench of Rajasthan High Court, while releasing the convict on temporary bail. In such circumstances, we deem it fit to delete the condition of round-the-clock presence of the security personnel and, therefore condition… is required to be modified… In other words, except presence of police personnel, other conditions imposed by this court while granting temporary bail… remain unaltered and required to be followed scrupulously by the convict.”
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