India: second life sentence for Asaram Bapu for raping a disciple at his Ahmedabad ashram
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self-styled godman and ashram head
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The complainant was an adult disciple resident at the defendant's own ashram, inside the guru-disciple relationship on which his authority over her rested.
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2023-01-31 · conviction and sentence
Sessions court, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. In a case legally distinct from his 2018 Jodhpur conviction, Asaram Bapu was found guilty of repeatedly raping a woman disciple at his Ahmedabad ashram in 2013 and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Documented coercion mechanisms
- guru authority over a resident adult disciple
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- national newspaper court reporting verdict and sentencing report 'From guru to habitual offender: Asaram gets life sentence for Ahmedabad ashram rape', ThePrint, Jan. 2023.
Reports the second life sentence and distinguishes this Ahmedabad proceeding from the earlier Jodhpur case.
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- https://theprint.in/india/from-guru-to-habitual-offender-a-double-disgrace-for-jailed-asaram-as-he-gets-life-sentence-for-ahmedabad-ashram-rape-years-after-rajasthan-minor-case/1345724/ Corpus classification: national-newspaper-court-reporting; evidentiary role: verdict-and-sentencing-report. SHA-256 8b8e7643080387029ab1af45be2ec6c4e1e99b30baca3ee2009218a9af6dda01
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Related cases · Hindu and Hindu-derived contexts
- 2018 · Jodhpur, India Asaram Bapu: life imprisonment, rape of a minor under exorcism pretext
- 1997 · Tiruchirappalli, India Swami Premananda: convicted of 13 rapes + murder; double life; died in custody
- 1998 · San Mateo, CA, USA Donald Walters / Swami Kriyananda and Ananda: civil verdict on abuse of spiritual authority
- 2023 · Paris, France Gregorian Bivolaru / MISA: French judicial investigation for aggravated rape and human trafficking
- 1994 · Lenox, MA, USA Kripalu removes founder Amrit Desai after concealed relationships with disciples
- 2013 · Kochi, Kerala, India Santhosh Madhavan / Swami Amritha Chaithanya: Kerala High Court affirms one rape conviction
- 2019 · Surat, Gujarat, India Narayan Sai: life sentences after convictions involving a devotee and ashram administrator
- 2018 · Alwar, Rajasthan, India Falahari Baba: life sentence for rape of a disciple in his ashram