Jodhpur
The Jodhpur SC/ST court today will pronounce its verdict in a rape case against self-styled guru Asaram Bapu . The self-proclaimed godman is facing charges of sexual assault in Gujarat as well. Earlier, the Supreme Court had refused to grant bail to Asaram on various grounds in the two sexual assault cases.
The verdict will be delivered on premises of Jodhpur central jail, where Asaram Bapu is lodged. If convicted, Asaram faces a maximum sentence of 10 years.
UPDATE
UPDATE 10:35 AM
BIG BREAKING
Jodhpur trial court convicts self-styled godman, four others
10:30 AM
- Proceedings underway in Jodhpur Central jail
- Asaram present before judge
- All roads lead to Jodhpur Central Jail sealed
09:30 AM
- Asaram’s aide Shiva arrives at Jodhpur Central Jail
- Gujarat and Haryana to be on alert to prevent Violence
- Ashram has appealed to supporters to maintain peace regardless.
- Delhi police on high alert ahead of Asaram Bapu rape case verdict
09:00 AM
- Security beefed up outside victim’s house
- Entry, exit from gate number 2 of Jodhpur railway station closed till midnight
- Four Asaram Bapu followers detained
- Court bars media reporting from inside jail premises
08:20 AM
- Asaram’s advocate reaches Jodhpur Central Jail
- Police detained One of Asaram’s followers in Jodhpur
- Security beefed up outside Jodhpur Central jail
- Security forces deployed at the residence of Judge Madhusudan Sharma
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=22&v=fIF9RS-9-0g
08:00 am
FLASH BACK
- 77-year-old Asaram was charged with raping a minor girl in Jodhpur’s Manai village. The incident took place in August 2013. An FIR against Asaram was registered in Delhi’s Kamla Nagar police station on August 20, 2013 after which the police took the victim for medical tests.
- Asaram has also been accused of trafficking. He had been booked under the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) which could entail stringent punishment.
- Asaram was then arrested on September 1, 2013. The police had filed an FIR under sections 342, 376, 354 A, 506, 509/34 of the IPC, Sections 23, 26 of the Juvenile Justice Act and Section 8 of the POCSO Act.
- Asaram also has another case where two sisters from Surat, Gujarat lodged separate complaints against Asaram and his son Narayan Sai. The two sisters accused Asaram and his son of rape and illegal confinement.
