Rape convict Asaram Bapu sent a mercy plea to the governor of Rajasthan for shortening of his prison term. On April 25, Jodhpur court gave Asaram Bapu life imprisonment after convicting him of raping a minor girl in his Ashram five years ago.
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Challenging the sentence, Asaram moved to the High Court on July 2 but his plea is yet to be heard. According to his mercy plea, Asaram has pleaded for shortening his life sentence, terming it to be a “gruelling” punishment citing his age.
Th department forwarded the plea to the Jodhpur jail administration but in response they demanded a report from the district administration and the police. “We have received Asaram’s mercy plea. We have sought a report from the district administration and police on this,” Superintendent of Jodhpur Central Jail Kailash Trivedi said.
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The minor, 16-year-old said in her complaint that Asaram has called her to his ashram in jodhpur and raped her on the night of August 15, 2013.