Verdictum's 28 May 2026 report of the Rajasthan High Court's own judgment in Asha Ram @ Ashumal v. State (citation 2026:RJ-JD:26201-DB), a division bench of Justice Arun Monga and Justice Yogendra Kumar Purohit. The bench upheld Asaram's conviction and life sentence under Section 376(2)(f) IPC (rape of a minor) and related POCSO and Juvenile Justice Act sections, while acquitting him of gang rape (Section 376D IPC) and criminal conspiracy (Section 120B IPC), and fully acquitting co-accused Sharad Chandra and Sanchita Gupta (alias Shilpi), whose trial-court convictions on related sections were set aside. The court cancelled his interim bail and issued a non-bailable warrant, rejecting arguments based on his age (86) and health, stating that his frailty "cannot justify ignoring the victim's voice," which it called "quiet, devastating and irrefutable," and that "the perpetrator hid behind the cloak of a self-styled godman."
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Tier one: a specialist Indian legal-judgment repository publishing the court's own case citation, bench and holding, cross-checked against PTC News' and LiveLaw's independent contemporaneous coverage of the same ruling, which converge on the date, the acquittals and the sentence. NotesRead directly, 14 August 2026. This is the primary record for the 2026 appellate disposition: what was upheld, what was acquitted, and the two co-accused's full acquittal.
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PublisherVerdictum
Publication Year2026
URLhttps://www.verdictum.in/rajasthan-high-court/2026-rj-jd-26201-db-asha-ram-ashumal-v-state-1614846
Source TypeCase law
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This source names Chandra directly: "and fully acquitting co-accused Sharad Chandra and Sanchita Gupta (alias Shilpi), whose trial-court convictions on related sections were set aside."
Source Verdictum: Rajasthan High Court Upholds Life Sentence for Asaram Bapu, Acquits Gang Rape
This source names Rajasthan directly: "Verdictum's 28 May 2026 report of the Rajasthan High Court's own judgment in Asha Ram @ Ashumal v."
Source Verdictum: Rajasthan High Court Upholds Life Sentence for Asaram Bapu, Acquits Gang Rape
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