The Gujarat High Court has rejected a plea for the suspension of sentence filed by jailed self-styled godman Asaram in a 2013 rape case, stating that there were no 'exceptional grounds' to consider the application. Asaram was sentenced to life imprisonment in the case by a Gandhinagar court last year
31 August,2024 10:17 PM IST | Ahmedabad | mid-day online correspondent
Asaram, 83, who was arrested in September 2013, was brought to the multidisciplinary cardiac care clinic of an Ayurvedic hospital in Khopoli, located 70 km from Mumbai, around 8 pm on Tuesday with full police protection
28 August,2024 12:58 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Asaram, serving a life sentence for rape, was denied request for sentence suspension despite health issues
02 March,2024 07:30 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
Winning praise for Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai, writer Kingrani on how Manoj played a key role in fine-tuning the social drama’s script
15 June,2023 07:15 AM IST | Mumbai | Priyanka Sharma
In a trend reversal of sorts, Manoj says Bandaa makers are considering big-screen release after the film opens to strong response on OTT
01 June,2023 07:39 AM IST | Mumbai | Priyanka Sharma
Manoj says he fronted Bandaa, based on the 2013 rape case of a minor by self-styled godman Asaram Bapu, to highlight issue of children’s protection
15 May,2023 07:21 AM IST | Mumbai | Priyanka Sharma
The film, starring Manoj Bajpayee, follows the story of a lawyer who goes up against an influential godman accused of sexually abusing a minor girl. The trailer was released on May 8
10 May,2023 03:59 PM IST | Mumbai | PTI
As Manoj brings to screen Jodhpur lawyer’s fight to convict self-styled godman Asaram Bapu, Bandaa’s creative producer says movie took six months to research and went through 18 drafts
09 May,2023 07:27 AM IST | Mumbai | Hiren Kotwani
The 81-year-old is currently lodged in a Jodhpur jail, where he is serving life sentence in another case of raping a minor girl at his ashram in Rajasthan in 2013
31 January,2023 05:00 PM IST | Ahmedabad | PTI
Asaram is facing charges of alleged rape and illegal confinement after one of his former devotees from Gujarat accused him of sexual exploitation
13 August,2022 01:16 PM IST | New Delhi | ANIADVERTISEMENT
