Jodhpur:
Granted interim aid in a 2013 rape case, self-styled godman Asaram returned to his ashram in Jodhpur’s Pal village, police mentioned on Wednesday.
“He had been admitted in an Ayurveda hospital of town for the previous few days on parole and left for his ashram late on Tuesday,” a police officer mentioned.
Rajasthan Excessive Courtroom on Tuesday granted interim bail until March 31 to the self-styled godman, who’s serving life imprisonment. A decrease courtroom had sentenced Asaram to life imprisonment in April 2018 for raping a minor at his ashram in 2013.
A big crowd of supporters gathered exterior the hospital after listening to the information of his interim bail and garlanded Asaram when he got here out.
He was additionally accorded a convincing welcome upon his arrival on the ashram.
His counsel Nishant Bora mentioned Asaram can be free to take remedy at a spot of his selection throughout this bail interval.
He would, nevertheless, have to stick to the bail circumstances.
Final week, the Supreme Courtroom granted Asaram an identical aid until March 31 in a one other rape case, observing that he was affected by varied illnesses and wanted remedy.
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