Narayan Sai gets temporary relief from Gujarat High Court

Surat : Narayan Sai the son of self-styled godman Asaram, on Tuesday got temporary bail of three weeks by the Gujarat High Court to attend to his ailling mother, who is schedule to undergo a surgery. Sai was in the jail from 17 month in connection with an alleged rape case of Surat sister.

After being released from the jail, Sai left for Ahmedabad where his mother Lakshmiben will undergo a surgery for a cervical chord ailment, said the official. Sai will be escorted by 22 policemen, including two crime branch men, a sub-inspector of Surat police along with 18 jawans of State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) during the bail period, a jail official said.

The HC also ordered Sai to surrender in four days from the date of his release, if his mother’s surgery does not take place till then.

Earlier, the HC had on April 16 granted three-week bail to Sai for attending the proposed surgery of his mother at a hospital in Ahmedabad.

However, the Supreme Court had on April 29 modified the order saying that Sai would be released on bail only after the date of his mother’s operation was fixed.

The apex court had acted then on a plea of Gujarat police seeking cancellation of interim bail granted to Sai on various grounds, including that the accused may tamper with evidence in the case in which charges are yet to be framed.

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