AHMEDABAD: A sessions court in Gandhinagar punished Asaram with life imprisonment after holding him guilty of rape and sodomy, a decade after his former devotee complained against him.
Asaram has been serving life term in Jodhpur prison in connection with a Pocso case after he was convicted in 2018. He has been behind the bars since 2013.
Additional sessions judge D K Soni awarded life imprisonment for section 376(2) of IPC (rape) and 377 (sodomy) as well. However, the sentences will run concurrently. He has been punished with two years in jail for molestation and different jail terms for illegal detention of rape survivor, for using force to detain her and for criminal intimidation. For these offences, the court has imposed fine of Rs 23,000 on the convict.
