Asaram Bapu gets life term in 2013 rape case

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Asaram (File Photo/IANS)

Jodhpur : Self styled godman Asaram was given life term by the Jodhpur Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe Court for raping a minor girl in his ashram in Rajasthan in 2013. The court, earlier in the day had found Asaram to be guilty of raping a minor.

Two other people found guilty and convicted by the court in the case were awarded 20 years in prison.

The judgement in the case was pronounced by SC/ST cases special judge Madhu Sudan Sharma inside the Jodhpur Central Jail, where Asaram Bapu is lodged.

Published on: April 25, 2018, 14:43 IST

By EP Web Desk/IANS