The Gujarat High Court on Thursday suspended the sentence of life imprisonment given to religious leader Asumal Harpalani, better known as Asaram Bapu , for six months in a rape case from 2013, Live Law reported.

Last month, the Rajasthan High Court had also suspended Asaram’s sentence for six months and granted him interim bail on medical grounds.

On Thursday, a Gujarat High Court bench comprising Justices Ilesh J Vora and RT Vachhani verbally remarked that they would also suspend the sentence on similar lines as the Rajasthan High Court.

The 84-year-old has been in custody since August 31, 2013 , facing charges under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and the Scheduled Castes and Tribes Prevention of Atrocities Act.

In January 2023, a Gandhinagar Sessions Cou

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