Senior BJP leader and leading lawyer Subramanian Swamy will be arguing for the release of the self-styled godman Asaram, accused in a sexual assault case, on Tuesday in Jodhpur.
Subramanian Swamy had moved a bail application in a trial court which was allowed and listed in the matter for arguments.
Swamy had visited Asaram in the jail, where he has been lodged for over a year and a half. Swamy had termed his case a fit one, deserving bail.
Prominent lawyers of the country like Ram Jethmalani and Salman Khurshid apart from many other ace advocates have pleaded hard to get bail for Asaram but in vain.
In August 2013, the 16-year-old inmate of Asaram’s Chhindwara ashram in Madhya Pradesh had accused him of sexually assaulting her at a farmhouse in Jodhpur on the pretext of treating her. The girl’s parents were allegedly advised by the warden of self-styled godman to take her to the Asaram to rid her off evil spirits.