Asaram first approached the Gujarat High Court after the interim bail granted to him by the Supreme Court 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. File | Photo Credit: PTI
The division bench of Justices Ilesh Vora and PM Raval prolonged Asaram’s non permanent bail, which was to finish on August 21, until September 3 when it’ll take up the matter subsequent.
The Rajasthan HC will hear his interim bail plea in one other rape case on August 29. On its route, Asaram underwent a medical checkup on the Ahmedabad-based civil hospital on Monday (August 18, 2025).
Earlier, the Gujarat HC had prolonged his interim bail until August 21, primarily on medical grounds after observing that he was within the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at a non-public hospital and his well being situation was essential.
On July 30, the Supreme Court granted Asaram the freedom to strategy the Gujarat HC for non permanent bail extension primarily on the bottom of his deteriorating well being situation.
The court docket earlier granted him interim bail until July 7 and later prolonged the reduction for an additional month. While granting him an extension then, the court docket clarified that no additional prayer for extension of non permanent bail will likely be entertained on medical grounds.
Asaram first approached the HC after the interim bail granted to him by the Supreme Court 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 the HC then delivered a cut up verdict, after which a 3rd decide to whom the matter was referred granted him a three-month non permanent bail.
In January 2023, a court docket in Gandhinagar sentenced Asaram to life imprisonment within the rape case. He can also be serving life sentence in one other case of raping a minor lady at his ashram in Rajasthan in 2013.
The Gandhinaagar 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 residing at his ashram at Motera close to Ahmedabad.
He was convicted underneath Indian Penal Code sections 376 2 (C) (rape), 377 (unnatural offences), 342 (wrongful detention), 354 (assault or prison power to girl with intent to outrage her modesty), 357 (assault) and 506 (prison intimidation).
Published – August 19, 2025 04:21 pm IST
