Asaram gets interim bail in '13 rape case, set to walk out

The Rajasthan high court on Tuesday granted interim bail till March 31 to self-styled godman Asaram, who is serving life imprisonment in a 2013 rape case, paving the way for his release from the jail on medical grounds.

- Dinesh Bothra

ODHPUR: The Rajasthan high court on Tuesday granted interim bail till March 31 to self-styled godman Asaram, who is serving life imprisonment in a 2013 rape case, paving the way for his release from the jail on medical grounds.

The interim relief comes a week after the Supreme Court granted him bail on medical grounds in another rape case, observing he suffered from various ailments and needed treatment.

"In order to maintain parity, we are inclined to grant interim bail to the applicant up to March 31, 2025, for his medical treatment on the same conditions imposed by the Supreme Court," a high court bench of justices Dinesh Mehta and Vinit Kumar Mathur said in its order, considering that the nature of the plea was similar to the one filed in the top court.