The Supreme Court on Tuesday accepted the medical report of controversial godman Asaram and rejected his interim bail plea which he had sought on health grounds.
The apex court also asked the trial court to record statements of the material witnesses in the sexual assault case, according to PTI.
A medical board of AIIMS had examined Asaram earlier this month and submitted its report to the apex court that Asaram does not need any surgery.
The report also stressed that the controversial ‘godman’ is not suffering from any serious ailment and medicines are sufficient to cure him.
During the hearing of the case earlier this month, a bench ocomprising justices TS Thakur and Adarsh Kumar Goel had fixed January 20 as the next date of hearing.
Asaram was examined by a medical board comprising seven doctors of AIIMS following a Supreme Court direction in connection with his bail application in the Jodhpur rape case.
He has been accused of alleged sexual exploitation of a minor girl in his ashram in Jodhpur.
—PTI