{"id":55823,"date":"2019-03-28T11:19:30","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T05:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=55823"},"modified":"2019-03-28T11:19:30","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T05:49:30","slug":"self-styled-godman-asaram-withdraws-plea-for-bail-and-suspension-of-sentence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/self-styled-godman-asaram-withdraws-plea-for-bail-and-suspension-of-sentence","title":{"rendered":"Self-styled godman Asaram withdraws plea for bail and suspension of sentence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/self-styled-godman-asaram.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"303\" height=\"166\" data-attachment-id=\"55830\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/self-styled-godman-asaram-withdraws-plea-for-bail-and-suspension-of-sentence\/self-styled-godman-asaram\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/self-styled-godman-asaram.jpg?fit=303%2C166&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"303,166\" 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=\"self styled godman asaram\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/self-styled-godman-asaram.jpg?fit=303%2C166&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-55830\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/self-styled-godman-asaram.jpg?resize=303%2C166&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/self-styled-godman-asaram.jpg?w=303&amp;ssl=1 303w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/self-styled-godman-asaram.jpg?resize=150%2C82&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/self-styled-godman-asaram.jpg?resize=300%2C164&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 303px) 100vw, 303px\" \/><\/a>Jailed self-styled godman Asaram Tuesday withdrew a plea for bail and suspension of sentence awarded to him for raping a girl in his ashram in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>The application was withdrawn after a division bench comprising Justices Sandeep Mehta and Vineet Kumar Mathur told the defence counsel to proceed with arguments or &#8220;the court would pass an order accordingly&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Seeing the stand of the court, his counsel decided to withdraw the application with a prayer of &#8216;not press&#8217; and the court dismissed the petition,&#8221; said Prosecution Counsel P C Solanki.<\/p>\n<p>We have withdrawn the application for suspension of sentence and will proceed with the arguments on an appeal against the sentence,&#8221; a defence counsel said.<\/p>\n<p>The appeal will be heard after four weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Asaram had sought interim bail to attend to his ailing wife Laxmi Devi, but the court rejected the plea.<\/p>\n<p>A Jodhpur court had convicted Asaram and two of his associates in a 2013 rape case. 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