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‘Misuse of process of law’: Gujarat High Court rejects Narayan Sai’s bail plea, calls out ‘delay tactics’

The Indian Express·Aditi Raja·27 days ago
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Gujarat High Court (File photo). Narayan Sai, the son of self-styled godman Asaram Bapu, will remain behind bars after the Gujarat High Court dismissed his fifth successive bid for release, sharply criticising what it termed a deliberate “delay tactics” to obstruct the final hearing of the pending appeal by resorting to repeated applications as a “misuse of process of law. A division bench of Justice I J Vora and Justice R T Vachhani on May 4 passed an interlocutory application (IA) order, rejecting the application seeking suspension of sentence filed by Narayan Sai, who was convicted by a Surat court in 2019 for rape, unnatural sex, molestation, and criminal intimidation of a woman devotee. The court found no merit in his legal arguments or in his plea citing prolonged incarceration.…

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