The Tribune's report on the Additional Sessions Court, Gandhinagar, convicting Asaram Bapu on 30 January 2023 and sentencing him on 31 January 2023, Additional Sessions Judge D.K. Soni presiding, to a second life term plus a fine of 50,000 rupees paid as victim compensation. The case, registered in 2013, concerned the repeated rape of a woman disciple from Surat at Asaram's ashram in Motera, near Ahmedabad, between 2001 and 2006. Six co-accused, including Asaram's wife Laxmiben, their daughter, and four disciples, were acquitted of aiding and abetting for want of evidence. Asaram was already serving a separate life sentence from a 2018 Jodhpur conviction; his defence announced it would challenge this second conviction before the Gujarat High Court.
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Reliability Tier1
Tier 1: an established Indian national daily, read directly on 14 August 2026, converging with Business Standard's and Deccan Herald's own independent coverage of the same conviction (both found by live search, matching on the date, the judge, the IPC sections and the co-accused acquittals). NotesRead directly, 14 August 2026. The victim is not named in this source or in any fact or article citing it.
Citation
PublisherThe Tribune (India)
Publication Year2023
URLhttps://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/asaram-gets-life-imprisonment-in-another-rape-case-475459/amp
Source Typenews
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This source names Gujarat directly: "this second conviction before the Gujarat High Court."
Claims Backed By This Source (28 claims)
This source backs 28 claims across the atlas. As facts: 21 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds, 2 connected. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies, 11 claims: 9 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Articles, 6 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
- Organizations, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
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21Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies
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2Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies
General References
3Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies
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