Gujarat High Court To Hear Next Month Asaram's Appeal Against Rape Conviction, Life Sentence

The Gujarat High Court will hear next month Asaram's appeal against Gandhinagar sessions court's judgment convicting and sentencing him to life imprisonment in a 2013 rape case. 

This, after Asaram's counsel informed the high court on Tuesday (October 27) that Asaram's appeal against Rajasthan High Court's judgment upholding his conviction and sentence is listed on November 17 before the Supreme Court for final hearing. 

After hearing the submission, division bench of Justice Ilesh J Vora and Justice Pranav Trivedi in its order dictated:

"At the request of counsel, list the matter after November 17 as the appeal before the Supreme Court has been fixed for final hearing". 

The matter is next listed on November 30. 

To briefly state, Asaram was convicted by the Sessions Court in the Gandhinagar rape case and sentenced to life imprisonment in 2023 for repeatedly raping a disciple in his Ahmedabad-based Ashram between 2001 and 2006.

In the Rajasthan case, Asaram was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a minor victim at his Jodhpur Ashram in 2013. This has been upheld by the Rajasthan High Court.

The Supreme Court had on October 14 said that it will hear Asaram's challenge to the Rajasthan High Court judgment upholding his conviction and sentence on merits in November.