Asaram bail plea: His counsel Swamy fails to turn up in court

June 09, 2015 19:44

BJP leader Subramanian Swamy today failed to appear before a local court here for the third time to argue for the bail application of imprisoned Asaram Bapu in connection with a case of sexual exploitation of a teenaged girl.

The trial court now set June 16 as the new date for the hearing on the sixth bail application in any court by Asaram, who is lodged in Jodhpur jail for one-and-a-half year. Swamy, a BJP leader, had moved a bail application in the trial court on May 23 and the court had listed the matter for May 26.

But Swamy did not appear in the court for arguments on his bail application on that day and the court then posted the matter for June 2, said P C Solanki, counsel for the victim girl. He did not turn up on June 2 either, after which the court listed the matter for today.

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