Asaram Rape Case: Gandhinagar Sessions Court sentenced Asaram to life imprisonment in Surat girl rape case

Ahmedabad: The Gandhinagar Sessions Court has sentenced Asaram to life imprisonment in the 22-year-old case of raping a Surat girl. The incident of rape took place in the year 2001 and the complaint was registered in the year 2013. This rape case was going on in the court for the last 9 years. In the year 2013, a case of raping two sisters from Surat was registered against Asaram in Ahmedabad’s Chandkheda police station. In which the elder sister filed a rape complaint against Asaram and the younger sister against Asaram’s son Narayan Sai. The rape case against Asaram was heard in the Gandhinagar Sessions Court today and the court sentenced Asaram to life imprisonment. The Gandhinagar Sessions Court yesterday (Monday) found Asaram guilty in the case, while acquitting six others.

How much was punished under which sections?
The court sentenced Asaram to life imprisonment under section 376V, life imprisonment under 377, one year imprisonment under 354, 6 months imprisonment under 342, 1 year imprisonment under 357 and one year imprisonment under 506(2). Apart from this, the victim has been ordered to pay a compensation of 50 thousand. Earlier there were 8 accused in this case. Out of which Asaram and six others were made accused and another accused named Akhil was made a witness by the prosecution.

A rape complaint was registered against Asaram in 2013
In 2013, two sisters from Surat filed a rape complaint against Narayan Sai and his father Asaram. The younger sister of the two alleged that Narayan Sai raped her between 2002 and 2005. The elder sister said in the complaint that between 1997 and 2006, Asaram repeatedly raped her when she was living in Asaram’s ashram at Motera in Ahmedabad. Both the sisters filed separate complaints against the father and son. The complaint was lodged at the Chandkheda police station in Ahmedabad. However, the complaint was transferred to Gandhinagar as the incident of molestation of the elder sister took place in Asaram’s ashram located in Motera and thereafter the Gandhinagar court heard it.

Asaram is currently lodged in Jodhpur Jail
Asaram is currently lodged in Jodhpur Jail as he has been convicted in another rape case. Asaram was present through video conferencing in the Gandhinagar Sessions Court case. It may be mentioned that in the year 2018, Asaram was sentenced to life imprisonment for rape and other crimes. After that, Asaram sought bail from the court. Earlier in the bail application, Asaram had stated that he has been in jail for the past 10 years and is 80 years old and suffering from serious ailments, however, the court rejected his bail application.

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