Parmod KumarNew Delhi, June 30 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Rajasthan government on a petition filed by self-styled godman Asaram alias Ashumal challenging the Rajasthan High Court judgment upholding his conviction in the 2013 sexual assault case involving a minor devotee, while declining to grant him interim bail at this stage, observing that such a request could not be considered without first hearing the State.
Refusing to grant interim bail at this stage, a vacation Bench of Justice M.M. Sundresh and Justice Sheel Nagu, however, granted liberty to Asaram to seek an urgent hearing if his medical condition deteriorates and directed that the treatment presently being provided to him should continue.
The Court gran...