Examination of prosecution witnesses in Asaram case ends

Examination of all the prosecution witnesses in the case of sexual exploitation of a teenaged girl allegedly by the godman Asaram Bapu were completed in the trial court here.

Counsel for the victim girl, P C Solanki said the last prosecution witness, a representative of the telecom company which had provided the call details pertaining to the communication among the co-accused of the case, were cross examined by the defence today.

"Now the court has deferred the matter for recording the statements of the accused Asaram on August 23," Solanki said.

There were 59 prosecution witnesses in this case, of which 14 had been dropped while one Amrut Prajapti was shot dead in Surat.

Meanwhile, the arguments on the 9th bail application of Asaram were also completed in the High Court on Friday and the order has been kept reserved by the court.

Trial of the case had begun in the District & Session Court on March 19, 2014 on the day-to-day basis after the High Court had directed the trial court in November 2013 to conduct the trial on day-to-day basis and complete the same in time to ensure timely justice.