Conviction Hindu and Hindu-derived contexts Jodhpur, India · 2018

Asaram Bapu: life imprisonment, rape of a minor under exorcism pretext

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Asaram isolated the minor under the pretext that a private exorcism was needed to remove evil spirits, using guru authority and the ashram setting to obtain access.

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Wikipedia (2026) 'Asaram' [summarizing the verdict of the Jodhpur Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Court, Special Judge Madhusudhan Sharma, 25 April 2018]. Available at: en.wikipedia.org (Accessed: 14 July 2026).: 'In 2018, Asaram was found guilty of the rape of a minor girl by Special Judge Madhusudhan Sharma of a special Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe court in Jodhpur and is currently serving life imprisonment in Jodhpur... In August 2013, a 16-year-old girl who was staying at Asaram's ashram in Manai village near Jodhpur, accused Asaram of sexually assaulting her on the night of 15 August at his Manai ashram in Jodhpur on the pretext of exorcising her from evil spirits.' The supernatural pretext — a claimed exorcism — is precisely the mechanism this survey documents.
court appellate record Supreme Court of India, Asaram v. State of Rajasthan, judgment (Apr. 17, 2023).: The Supreme Court judgment records Asaram’s conviction and life sentence in the Jodhpur case while deciding a later petition concerning the sentence and medical treatment.

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Source and tier basis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asaram Legacy citation preserved without a normalized source tier or evidentiary-role code. SHA-256 944258bc12737d409faf42f59fc56fad35a8b9d2af8c5b1b677f723b977260a8
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Source and tier basis: https://api.sci.gov.in/supremecourt/2022/6699/6699_2022_7_1502_43582_Judgement_17-Apr-2023.pdf Corpus classification: court; evidentiary role: appellate-record. SHA-256 d562d0a0e38b8d4f830e09a00ed92b84e11ec4108337a434b9f7e951ad584c29
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