Rajasthan High Court Closes Asaram's Plea After State Complies With 20-Day Parole Order

The Rajasthan High Court has disposed of a contempt petition filed against the State for non-compliance with the Court order granting 20 days' parole to Asaram.

Noting that the State substantially complied with the order, the Division Bench of Justice Nupur Bhati and Justice Sanjeet Purohit observed:

"This Court has considered the submissions made by learned counsel for the respondent-State and perused the compliance report along with the Office Order dated 28.10.2026, which establishes that the applicant was, in fact, released on parole on 08.10.2026 for the stipulated period of twenty days in compliance with the order dated 03.08.2026 passed by the Court. The fact that the applicant surrendered on 28.10.2026, instead of 27.10.2026, does not detract from the fact that the benefit of parole for the period directed by this Court has already been extended to him. In these circumstances, this Court is satisfied that the directions contained in the order dated 03.08.2026 have been substantially complied with and no further directions are warranted in the present misc. application. In view of the aforesaid facts and circumstances, no further adjudication is called for in the present matter. Accordingly, the present miscellaneous application is disposed of as having been rendered infructuous". 

The court had previously directed the State to comply with its order dated August 3 by which rape-convict, Asaram, was granted a 20-day parole, opining that rejection of his application for emergent parole by the Gujarat High Court had no adverse consequences on the State's obligations to comply with the order of this Court.

For Respondents: Additional Advocate General BL Bhati with Advocate Deepak Chandak