{"id":49580,"date":"2017-08-28T08:37:13","date_gmt":"2017-08-28T03:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=49580"},"modified":"2017-08-28T08:37:13","modified_gmt":"2017-08-28T03:07:13","slug":"sc-questions-gujarat-slow-trial-rape-case-agst-asaram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-questions-gujarat-slow-trial-rape-case-agst-asaram","title":{"rendered":"SC questions Gujarat over slow trial in rape case agst Asaram"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_44324\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44324\" style=\"width: 297px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/asaram.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"44324\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/asaram-witness-murder-case-cops-seek-2-day-pc\/asaram-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/asaram.jpg?fit=297%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"297,170\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"asaram\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/asaram.jpg?fit=297%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/asaram.jpg?fit=297%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-44324 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/asaram.jpg?resize=297%2C170&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SC questions Gujarat over slow trial in rape case agst Asaram\" width=\"297\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/asaram.jpg?w=297&amp;ssl=1 297w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/asaram.jpg?resize=150%2C86&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44324\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SC questions Gujarat over slow trial in rape case agst Asaram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Supreme Court today questioned the Gujarat government over the slow pace of trial in the rape case involving self-styled godman Asaram Bapu.<\/p>\n<p>A bench comprising justices N V Ramanna and Amitava Roy asked the state government why the victim has not been examined till now.<\/p>\n<p>It asked the state government to file an affidavit in this regard and posted the matter for further hearing after Diwali.<\/p>\n<p>The apex court had on April 12 asked the trial court in Gujarat to expedite the recording of evidence of prosecution witnesses in a sexual assault case lodged by two Surat-based sisters against the self-styled godman.<\/p>\n<p>The court had asked the Surat trial court to record the testimonies of 46 remaining prosecution witnesses including the alleged rape victims.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the top court had refused to grant bail to Asaram on various grounds including his poor health in two separate sexual assault cases lodged in Rajasthan and Gujarat.<\/p>\n<p>The apex court, while dismissing his bail plea on January 30, had observed that Asaram had placed a &#8220;fictitious document&#8221; to persuade the court to grant him bail and had ordered registration of an FIR against those responsible for preparing and filing the alleged fake papers.<\/p>\n<p>The two Surat-based sisters had lodged separate complaints against Asaram and his son Narayan Sai, accusing them of rape and illegal confinement, among other charges.<\/p>\n<p>The elder sister, in her complaint against Asaram, had accused him of repeated sexual assaults between 2001 and 2006 when she was staying at his ashram near Ahmedabad.<\/p>\n<p>In the case in Rajasthan, a teenage girl had accused him of sexual assault at his ashram in Manai village near Jodhpur.<\/p>\n<p>The girl, who belonged to Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh, was a student living in the ashram.<\/p>\n<p>The apex court had noted that trial in the matter was unnecessarily prolonged and the prosecution witnesses were being attacked, which led to the death of two witnesses.<\/p>\n<p>The apex court had on November 18 last year sought the response of the Centre and five states on a plea seeking a CBI probe into the alleged murder of children and attacks on ten witnesses in the Asaram rape cases.<\/p>\n<p>Asaram was arrested by Jodhpur Police on August 31, 2013 and has been in jail since then.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; 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