According to his mercy plea, Asaram has pleaded for dilution in his life sentence terming it to be a "gruelling" punishment and citing his age.
On the night of August 15, 2013, she was just a teenager when 77-year-old Asaram sexually assaulted her. Since then, each day has been an ordeal.
Sachar , who was close to Asaram and had access to his 'kutia' or abode, deposed that he had seen Asaram molesting girls in his ashrams in 2003 in Pushkar (Rajasthan), Bhiwani (Haryana) and Ahmedabad (Gujarat).
The Jodhpur trial court convicted self-styled godman Asaram and two other accused Shilpi and Sharad in 2013 Jodhpur ashram rape case. The trial court has acquitted Asaram's two associates Shiva and Prakash.
While Asaram was given life-long jail term, his accomplices Sharad and Shilpi were sentenced to 20 years in jail by the court which was set up inside the Jodhpur Central Jail
The Jodhpur trial court convicted self-styled godman Asaram and two other accused Shilpi and Sharad in 2013 Jodhpur ashram rape case. The trial court has acquitted Asaram's two associates Shiva and Prakash.
The Jodhpur trial court convicted self-styled godman Asaram and two other accused Shilpi and Sharad in 2013 Jodhpur ashram rape case. The trial court has acquitted Asaram's two associates Shiva and Prakash.
The Jodhpur trial court convicted self-styled godman Asaram and two other accused Shilpi and Sharad in 2013 Jodhpur ashram rape case. The trial court has acquitted Asaram's two associates Shiva and Prakash.
Lamba, who is now Superintendent of Police (anti-corruption bureau) in Jodhpur, took to social media to express satisfaction over the conviction and sentencing of Asaram.
The Jodhpur trial court convicted self-styled godman Asaram and two other accused Shilpi and Sharad in 2013 Jodhpur ashram rape case. The trial court has acquitted Asaram's two associates Shiva and Prakash.
Asaram convicted in 2013 rape case, devotees in tears after Jodhpur court's verdict.
"I am happy to get justice," PTI quoted the father of rape victim as saying after Asaram's conviction by court today.
The Jodhpur trial court convicted self-styled godman Asaram and two other accused Shilpi and Sharad in 2013 Jodhpur ashram rape case. The trial court has acquitted Asaram's two associates Shiva and Prakash.
Asaram rape case verdict: We have full faith in court and its judgment, says accused.
Asaram rape case verdict: Jodhpur trial court convicts self-styled godman and 2 others; acquits Shilpi, Sharad
Ahead of verdict, followers of Asaram pray for his release.
The tale of the rise and fall of self-styled 'godman' Asaram Bapu.
The Union Home Ministry's advisory was sent in view of the fact that large-scale violence was witnessed in Haryana, Punjab and Chandigarh after a special court in Mohali convicted Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim last year.
Asaram Bapu has been sentenced to life imprisonment in the 2013 Rape Case of a 16-year old at Asaram's Jodhpur Ashram.
The victim had alleged that Asaram had called her to his ashram in Manai area near Jodhpur and raped her on the night of August 15, 2013.
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