No Hospitalisation Needed For Asaram, AIIMS Board Tells Supreme Court In His Plea Seeking Interim Bail On Health Grounds
The Supreme Court was informed that experts from AIIMS have suggested that self-styled godman Asaram does not require hospitalisation for treatment but needs round-the-clock medical assistance.
Previously, asked the director of AIIMS to constitute a medical board to assess the condition of Asaram.
The Bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice PB Varale was apprised of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) report while hearing Asaram’s plea seeking an interim bail on health grounds.
"The report (of AIIMS) says there is no need for any hospitalisation," one of the lawyers appearing for the Rajasthan government said, adding, "He (Asaram) is getting all the medical facilities".
The lawyer representing Asaram said the report has to be read as a whole.
Accordingly, the bench posted the matter for hearing on August 6.
On June 30, 2026, the Court had issued notice in the Special Leave Petition assailing the judgment passed by the Rajasthan High Court by which it modified the Trial Court's judgment by setting aside Asha Ram’s convictions for criminal conspiracy, common intention, and gang rape under Sections 120B, 34, and 376D of the Indian Penal Code, alongside Sections 5(g)/6 of the POCSO Act, owing to a total failure by the prosecution to prove a prior meeting of minds or a common design.
"We don't want any untoward thing to happen," the Court had previously said while asking the Rajasthan government to take proper instructions about the health condition.
The High Court judgment arose out of an incident on the night of August 15, 2013, at Asaram's Manai village ashram near Jodhpur. A Class XII minor student at his Chhindwara Gurukul had been brought there by her parents on the counsel of hostel warden Shilpi and co-accused Sharad, who claimed the girl was possessed by evil spirits and that only Asaram could cure her through "ghost healing." Asaram summoned the victim into his room, forced her parents to stay outside to meditate, and subjected her to a penetrative sexual assault lasting over an hour.
While the High Court had acquitted Asaram of criminal conspiracy (Section 120B) and gang rape (Section 376D) due to a lack of evidence showing a prior meeting of minds with his co-accused, it rigorously upheld his conviction for individual penetrative sexual assault of a minor.
The High Court had affirmed his primary sentence of rigorous life imprisonment for the remainder of his natural life under Section 376(2)(f) of the Indian Penal Code and the POCSO Act, observing that "the shadow of his frailty cannot justify ignoring the victim's voice."
Earlier, Asaram was convicted on April 25, 2018, for sexually assaulting a minor student at his ashram and was sentenced to life imprisonment under multiple provisions of the IPC, the POCSO Act, and the Juvenile Justice Act.
Cause Title: Asha Ram @Ashumal v. State of Rajasthan [SLP(Crl) No.11761/2026]