INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A trial court sentenced Asaram to life imprisonment on March 25 this year
Asaram.Sharat Chandra and Sanchita Gupta alias Shilpi -- both aides of Asaram -- were sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment.The High Court
suspended the sentence of Shilpi on September 29, and that of Chandra today."Chandra will be out of jail soon
But he will have to attend the court once a year until the hearing on his appeal against the sentence is completed", said his counsel
Nishant Bora.A trial court had sentenced Asaram to life imprisonment on March 25 this year for sexual exploitation of a girl in his
Chhindwara-based gurukul.The three had moved the High Court challenging their respective sentences
The two co-accused have got their sentences suspended while Asaram's application is pending before the court.Two other aides of Asaram and
co-accused in the case, Shiva and Prakash, had been acquitted by the trial court.(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by
TheIndianSubcontinent staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
