The prosecution began the final arguments in a trial court, which will be followed by the defence arguments, said government counsel Pokar Ram.
He said the arguments began with the prosecution narrating its version about the circumstances in which the alleged victim met the godman at his ashram in village Manai near here on August 15, 2013.
Counsel for the victim, Pramod Kumar Verma, said that they had provided a list of 58 witnesses, of which 44 were examined while the remaining 14 were dropped considering their "irrelevance".
Fourwitnesseshave facedattacks, of which two, Amrut Prajapati and Kripal Singh, succumbed whereas two others, Rahul Sachan and Mahendra Chawla, survived.
Asaram has moved about a dozen applications seeking bail in the case but all of them have been rejected by the concerned courts.
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