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Jodhpur: Asaram withdraws plea for bail, suspension of sentence
Last updated on Mar 27, 2019, 10:09 am
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Jailed self-styled godman Asaram yesterday withdrew a plea for bail and suspension of sentence awarded to him for raping a girl in his Jodhpur ashram in 2013.
The application was withdrawn after a division bench comprising Justices Sandeep Mehta and Vineet Kumar Mathur told the defense counsel to proceed with arguments or "the court would pass an order accordingly."
Here are the details.
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Will proceed with arguments on appeal against the sentence: Defense-counsel
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"Seeing the stand of the court, his counsel decided to withdraw the application with a prayer of 'not press' and the court dismissed the petition," said Prosecution Counsel P C Solanki.
"We have withdrawn the application for suspension of sentence and will proceed with the arguments on an appeal against the sentence," a defense counsel said.
The appeal will be heard after four weeks.
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Asaram currently serving life term sentence in Jodhpur central jail
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Last month, Asaram had sought interim bail to attend to his ailing wife Laxmi Devi, but court rejected the plea. A Jodhpur court had convicted Asaram and two of his associates in a 2013 rape-case. He's currently serving a life-term sentence in the Jodhpur central-jail.
