{"id":30040,"date":"2013-09-04T11:21:49","date_gmt":"2013-09-04T05:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=30040"},"modified":"2013-09-04T11:21:49","modified_gmt":"2013-09-04T05:51:49","slug":"needless-security-to-asaram-observes-sc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/needless-security-to-asaram-observes-sc","title":{"rendered":"Needless security to Asaram, observes SC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Asaram Bapu was on Monday sent to 14 days&#8217; judicial custody in Rajasthan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"story\">\n<p>The Supreme Court on Tuesday criticised the government for unnecessarily providing heavy security to spiritual guru Asaram Bapu, accused of sexually assaulting a minor girl.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are seeing on TV hordes of security around one accused,&#8221; the bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice V. Gopala Gowda observed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everybody says these are aberrations but they have become the rule,&#8221; said Justice Singhvi.<\/p>\n<p>Dwelling on the path that modern-day godmen take to reach the top, the court said, \u201cThese people start as drug peddlers, initially acquire wealth, join politics and religion, grab more property and become more powerful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If they are tantriks, they hypnotise people, the court said, adding that \u201claw journals are replete with instances of such people committing heinous crimes\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The court&#8217;s observation came in the course of the hearing of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking withdrawal of security cover to undeserving people who use it a status symbol.<\/p>\n<p>Asaram Bapu was on Monday sent to 14 days&#8217; judicial custody in Rajasthan.<\/p>\n<p>(Source: IANS)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asaram Bapu was on Monday sent to 14 days&#8217; judicial custody in Rajasthan. The Supreme Court on Tuesday criticised the government for unnecessarily providing heavy security to spiritual guru Asaram Bapu, accused of sexually assaulting a minor girl. &#8220;We are seeing on TV hordes of security around one accused,&#8221; the bench of Justice G.S. 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