Self-styled godman Asaram Bapu’s jailed son Narayan Sai, arrested in a rape case, was on Thursday refused permission to attend a Guru Purnima event here on July 31 by a court which rejected his application for one-day bail.
Additional Sessions Court Judge HS Muliya rejected the temporary bail plea which sought release of Sai for a day to attend the religious festival at Asaram Ashram here.
As Sai is also an accused in a case of bribery against him and 11 others, he had moved a similar plea before designated ACB court Judge RT Vacchani too.
Since the Sessions Court rejected the plea, Sai, accused of rape by a Surat-based woman, withdrew his bail request from ACB court as well. Sai, in his plea, had submitted that Asaram Ashram has a long tradition to observe the Guru Purnima festival and he should be released for a day.