The Supreme Court refused to suspend Narayan Sai's life sentence. Gujarat High Court must decide his appeal within three months. Sai's appeal against his rape conviction is pending before the high court. The high court previously dismissed his plea for bail. A Surat court sentenced Sai to life imprisonment in a 2013 rape case.

Supreme Court denies interim bail to Asaram but permits him to hire a trained caretaker for medical assistance.

The Supreme Court denied medical bail to rape convict Asaram but permitted him to have a caretaker in jail, citing AIIMS' report on his health condition.