Asaram was convicted by a special POCSO court in Jodhpur in 2018 for various offenses of sexual assault, including rape, and sentenced to life imprisonment.
सुप्रीम कोर्ट से असुमल सिरूमालानी हरपालानी उर्फ आसाराम बापू को झटका, सजा माफ करने की याचिका खारिज, स्वास्थ्य का दिया था हवाला
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to consider the petition of Asaram, who is serving life imprisonment for rape, in which he had requested to suspend the sentence due to health reasons.
A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Dutta asked senior lawyer Mukul Rohatgi to approach the Rajasthan High Court for relief.
Rohatgi had informed the court that Asaram was ready to accept the statement of the government lawyer that he could get treatment at Madhavbagh Heart Hospital in Khopoli, Maharashtra, while in police custody.
On this, the bench asked Asaram to file an application before the Rajasthan High Court regarding treatment at Madhavbagh Heart Hospital and it will be considered as per law.
Justice Khanna also took a tough stance on deliberate efforts by Asaram to delay the hearing of the appeal before the High Court against the conviction and sentence in the case.
Rohatgi said that Asaram has suffered several heart attacks and also has many old age related diseases, on which the top court directed the High Court to hear the appeal expeditiously.
In his petition filed through lawyer Rajesh Gulab Inamdar, Asaram said that he has been in jail for more than 11 years and seven months in this case.
Asaram was convicted by a special POCSO court in Jodhpur in 2018 for various offenses of sexual assault, including rape, and sentenced to life imprisonment. He was arrested in Indore for raping a minor in his ashram and brought to Jodhpur.
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