The Gujarat government will move the high court to challenge the acquittal of self-styled godman Asaram’s wife, their daughter and his four disciples in a 2013 rape case in which he was sentenced to life imprisonment.
A court in Gandhinagar on January 31 sentenced Asaram to life imprisonment in the rape case filed by his former woman disciple in 2013. Asaram’s wife Laxmiben, their daughter Bharati, and his four disciples, who were accused by the prosecution of aiding and abetting the crime, were acquitted by the court for want of evidence.
“The state’s legal department passed a resolution on May 6 and directed the prosecution to file an appeal against the acquittal of six accused by a Gandhingar court in the 2013 rape case against self-styled godman Asaram.