Supreme Court On Friday (July 17, 2026), the Supreme Court heard the interim bail plea of Asaram, who is serving life imprisonment in a sexual assault case. In the petition, citing the health of Asaram, a demand has been made for interim bail, during the hearing on which the Supreme Court of the country has directed the Government of Rajasthan to inform the court about the health condition of the convicted Asaram.
According to the report of news agency PTI, during the hearing, the Supreme Court bench told Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Rajasthan government, ‘We do not want the blame to fall on us or you later.’
Government will file affidavit by July 20- Mehta
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the court that the doctors say that those convicted in the sexual assault case Asaram To manage your health problems, you need to make some changes in your lifestyle. On this the bench said, ‘We do not want any untoward incident to happen.’ On this, Mehta assured the court that the Rajasthan government will file an affidavit in this regard by Monday (July 20, 2026).
If relief is not received from Rajasthan High Court, then SC knocked on the door of
In fact, after the hearing held on May 27, the Rajasthan High Court had found Asaram guilty in the case of sexual assault of a minor in 2013 and had upheld his life imprisonment. After this, convict Asaram moved towards the Supreme Court for interim bail citing health. This matter came up for hearing in the Supreme Court before the bench of Justice MM Sundaresh and Justice PB Varale.
What did convict Asaram’s lawyer say during the hearing??
During the hearing in the Supreme Court, the Solicitor General said, ‘There is some bleeding due to gastro related problem, but it seems to be a temporary problem, he is being given medicines.’ On this the bench said, ‘We are just saying that bring appropriate instructions, because we do not want any untoward incident to happen.’ Whereas the lawyer appearing on behalf of convict Asaram told the Supreme Court that his client is a high-risk patient.