Rajasthan HC extends convict Asaram's interim bail in 2013 rape case
Jodhpur, July 8 (PTI): The Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday extended the interim bail granted to self-styled godman Asaram, who is serving life term for raping a minor disciple at his gurukul.
A division bench of Justices Dinesh Mehta and Vineet Kumar Mathur extended the his interim relief till August 12.
His counsel said in line with the previous extension, the current relief came considering Asaram's poor health and medical attention.
On completion of the interim bail on July 1, the high court extended it till July 9 and has now extended it till August 12.
In a separate case of rape, Asaram was granted relief on July3 by the Gujarat High Court which extended his interim bail for 30 days rejecting his counsel's prayer to extend it for three months.
While granting the extension, the Gujarat High Court explicitly said it was the final extension.
Referring to the Supreme Court, the high court said the top court recently clarified that repeatedly extending temporary bail became an endless process, which ought to be stopped.
Asaram has been out on interim bail since January following an order by the Supreme court on January 14.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
