India, Nov. 6 -- The Gujarat high court on Thursday granted six-month interim bail to self-styled godman Asaram Bapu on medical grounds in a 2013 rape case, noting the Rajasthan high court had suspended his sentence in a separate case in Jodhpur on similar grounds.

A bench of justices Ilesh J Vora and R T Vachhani said the relief is limited to medical treatment, and his convictions and life sentences remain in force.

A Jodhpur court sentenced Asaram Bapu to life imprisonment in April 2018 for raping a minor at his ashram in 2013. In 2023, a Gujarat court sentenced him to life in prison in a separate 2013 rape case registered in Gandhinagar. He also faced charges of conspiracy and witness intimidation. Courts have upheld both convictions...