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New Delhi: Self-styled spiritual leader Asaram Bapu has been granted a six-month interim bail by the Rajasthan High Court on medical grounds. This marks another extension of his temporary release, continuing a sequence of bail-grants in recent nine months despite his life sentence in a high-profile rape case.

Asaram Bapu, real name Ashumal Sirumalani Harpalani, was convicted in April 2018 by a special court in Jodhpur for the rape of a 16-year-old girl at his ashram in 2013. He has been serving a life term imprisonment since that conviction. His bail applications have consistently cited advanced age and serious health issues as grounds for temporary release.

Recent Bail History

On 7 January 2025, the Supreme Court of India gr

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