India, June 28 -- The Gujarat high court has extended controversial self-styled godman Asaram Bapu's temporary bail until July 7, citing pending certification from the national legal services authority (NLSA).

Justice Ilesh J. Vora and justice P.M. Raval granted the 10-day extension on Friday.

Asaram, 83, is serving life imprisonment for raping a female disciple at his ashram near Gandhinagar. A sessions court convicted him in January 2023 for rape and sodomy. He has also been convicted in a case in Rajasthan under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO), where a special POCSO court in Jodhpur convicted him in 2018 for molesting minors at his ashram in August 2013.

The Supreme Court, in January, granted interim bail...