{"id":50336,"date":"2017-10-28T10:02:33","date_gmt":"2017-10-28T04:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=50336"},"modified":"2017-10-28T10:02:33","modified_gmt":"2017-10-28T04:32:33","slug":"sc-decide-early-hearing-asarams-bail-pleasc-decide-early-hearing-asarams-bail-plea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-decide-early-hearing-asarams-bail-pleasc-decide-early-hearing-asarams-bail-plea","title":{"rendered":"SC to decide on early hearing of Asaram&#8217;s bail pleaSC to decide on early hearing of Asaram&#8217;s bail plea"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_48757\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48757\" style=\"width: 271px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/testomony.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"48757\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-frees-rape-accused-unreliable-testimony-woman\/testomony\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/testomony.jpg?fit=271%2C186&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"271,186\" 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=\"testomony\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/testomony.jpg?fit=271%2C186&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-48757 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/testomony.jpg?resize=271%2C186&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SC to decide on early hearing of Asaram's bail pleaSC to decide on early hearing of Asaram's bail plea\" width=\"271\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/testomony.jpg?w=271&amp;ssl=1 271w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/testomony.jpg?resize=146%2C100&amp;ssl=1 146w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-48757\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SC to decide on early hearing of Asaram&#8217;s bail pleaSC to decide on early hearing of Asaram&#8217;s bail plea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Supreme Court today said it will decide on self-styled preacher Asaram&#8217;s plea for early hearing of his bail application in an alleged rape case lodged in Gujarat.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I will see to it,&#8221; Chief Justice Dipak Misra, heading a bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud, said when counsel for Asaram said the hearing on the bail plea was earlier fixed after the Diwali vacation, but now it is shown listed on January 4 next year.<\/p>\n<p>On October 26, the apex court had referred the matter to the Chief Justice&#8217;s bench after Asaram&#8217;s counsel had told the court that trial proceedings before the lower court in Gujarat was getting delayed and recording of evidence of prosecution witnesses was not yet complete.<\/p>\n<p>The court had in August expressed anguish over the tardy pace of progress in the case and had asked the Gujarat government to file a progress report on it, asking it why the alleged victim had not been examined.<\/p>\n<p>The top court had earlier rejected several bail pleas filed by Asaram.<\/p>\n<p>The Gujarat government had told the court that two crucial witnesses were killed while one was missing and 17 others were injured in separate incidents of alleged attacks.<\/p>\n<p>It had said that there were 92 material witnesses in the case.<\/p>\n<p>On April 12, the apex court had asked the Gujarat trial court to expedite the recording of evidence of prosecution witnesses in the case lodged by two Surat-based sisters.<\/p>\n<p>The two 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>Asaram and his son have denied all the allegations against them.<\/p>\n<p>Asaram, who is also facing a separate case in Rajasthan, was arrested by the Jodhpur Police on August 31, 2013 and has been in jail since then.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; 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