In his bail application, Asaram had stated that his wife Laxmi Devi was seriously ill and was admitted in the hospital. Since he has been in jail for the past five years continuously, he be granted bail to attend his wife
Asaram Bapu
Before this, his three parole pleas have been turned down, twice by the District Parole Committee and once by the high court. A Jodhpur court in Rajasthan had convicted Asaram and two of his associates in a 2013 rape case. He is currently serving a life term sentence in the Jodhpur central jail for raping a minor girl.
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