Gujarat High Court Permits Rape Convict Narayan Sai To Meet Ailing Father Asaram Bapu For 4 Hours, Notes They Haven't Met For 11 Yrs

The Gujarat High Court has allowed an application by Narayan Sai to meet his ailing father and rape convict Asaram Bapu, who is currently being held in judicial custody, for four hours.

The bench comprising of Justices Ilesh Vora and SV Pinto directed Sai to be taken to the jail by air, and accompanied by a delegation of police officers at his own cost, to meet his father. Sai, who has been convicted and sentenced to life in a rape case by a Surat sessions court, had earlier argued before the high court that his father Asaram Bapu has been admitted to a Jodhpur hospital and his condition is not stable.

The bench further said that Sai will be taken with police escort and be lodged in Jodhpur during the “entire period” where he will meet his father for four hours.

It further said that the Jodhpur jail authority shall not permit any other person “such as sister, mother or any other person to meet the applicant during the entire period” and except Sai, no other person will be present during the meeting of the duo i.e. father (Asaram Bapu) and son (Narayan Sai).

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