The division bench of Justices Ilesh Vora and PM Raval prolonged Asaram's short-term bail until August 21 on medical grounds after observing that he was in ICU at a non-public hospital and his well being situation was essential.
Whereas granting him short-term bail for the third time, the court docket famous an order handed by the Supreme Court docket on July 30 granting him liberty to strategy the HC for short-term bail extension primarily on the bottom of degradation of his well being.
“The applicant presently is in ICU with Jupiter Hospital at Indore and as per the information, he was identified with very excessive troponin stage and in line with the treating physician, his situation is essential. In such circumstances, pending this software, the short-term bail granted earlier is prolonged until August 21 on the identical phrases and circumstances,” the HC order acknowledged.
The court docket had earlier granted him an interim extension until July 7, after which prolonged the reduction for an additional month.
Whereas granting him extension then, the court docket had clarified that no additional prayer for extension of short-term bail will likely be entertained on medical grounds.Asaram had first approached HC when interim bail granted to him by the Supreme Court docket until March 31 on medical grounds was coming to an finish, because the apex court docket had directed him to take action if he wanted any extension.The division bench of HC had then delivered a cut up verdict, after which a 3rd choose to whom the matter was referred granted him three-month short-term bail.
In January 2023, a court docket in Gandhinagar had sentenced Asaram to life imprisonment in a rape case. He's additionally serving life sentence in one other case of raping a minor woman at his ashram in Rajasthan in 2013.
The court docket convicted Asaram in a case registered in 2013 for raping a lady disciple, who hailed from Surat, on a number of events from 2001 to 2006 when she was dwelling at his ashram at Motera close to Ahmedabad.
He was convicted beneath Indian Penal Code sections 376 2 (C) (rape), 377 (unnatural offences), 342 (wrongful detention), 354 (assault or legal drive to lady with intent to outrage her modesty), 357 (assault) and 506 (legal intimidation).
