The Rajasthan High Court has granted six months' bail to self-styled godman Asaram Bapu, who has been serving life sentence for raping a minor, on medical grounds. Earlier, the 84-year-old had been granted interim bail thrice. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and Justice Sangeeta Sharma passed the order while hearing his plea for suspension of the sentence and a regular bail. Asaram's counsel Devdutt Kamat argued that he has been suffering from prolonged illness and that proper treatment is not possible in jail. Therefore, granting him bail without custody would help facilitate his medical treatment. On the other hand, Additional Advocate General (AAG) Deepak Choudhary and the counsel for the survivor, PC Solanki, opposed the plea. After hearing arguments from

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