Recently, the Rajasthan High Court directed the parole committee of Jodhpur Central Jail to reconsider the application of Asaram Bapu under the 1958 rules for parole.

A division bench of Justices Vijay Bishnoi and Yogendra Kumar Purohit set aside the decision of the parole committee to reject Asaram's application.

Currently, Assaram Bapu is in Jail under the case registered under an offence of raping a minor girl at his ashram in Rajasthan in 2013.

In his plea, Bapu seeking parole for 20 days had earlier been rejected by the District Parole Advisory Committee stating he was not entitled to parole under the Rajasthan Prisoners Release on Parole Rules, 2021.

After the Court rejected his plea, Assaram Bapu approaches Rajasthan High court.

Counsel for Bapu, Kalu Ram Bhati argued that the petitioner was convicted and sentenced by the trial court on April 25, 2018, whereas the Rules of 2021 had come into force on June 30, 2021.

"Hence the application filed by the petitioner is liable to be considered under the provisions of the Rules of 1958 instead of the Rules of 2021," Bhati argued.

Additional Advocate General Anil Joshi objected to the grant of parole.