Jodhpur: The Rajasthan High Court will hear the bail plea of self-styled godman Asaram Bapu on Wednesady in connection with the sexual assault case against him. The HC on Monday had deferred till September 18 the hearing on the bail petition of self-styled godman, who is in jail for alleged sexual assault of a teenage girl.
The bail application comes in the backdrop of the fresh allegation from godman’s former medical consultant Amrit Prajapati who had revealed that the self-styled godman was an opium addict. “The 72-year-old is an addict. I used to give him opium earlier and now Neeta does that. He is not suffering from any disease and is just restless for the drug,” Prajapati said.
However, this is not the first time that Prajapati has made allegations against the tainted spiritual guru. He had earlier accused Asaram of womanizing and consuming Viagra.
Senior advocate Ram Jethmalani, who appeared a Asarams defence counsel on Wednesday, had earlier argued that the FIR, the scene of crime, age of the girl and the entire case itself was fabricated.
Jethmalani also mentioned that the girl (victim) was afflicted with a chronic disease, “which draws a woman to a man”, and said this was subject to police investigation.
Earlier, Asaram and his aide Shiva appeared before the District and Sessions’ Court on Monday, which extended their judicial custody till September 30. During their appearance, Asaram requested the judge to allow his personal female doctor to treat his “chronic neurological disease”, referred to by him as “trinadi shool”. When asked about the disease, he told the judge that it is a disorder which deprives him of a sound sleep. Judge Manoj Kumar Vyas, however, refused to consider the plea in the absence of defence counsel.
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