Srinagar, Jan. 31 -- Self-styled godman Asaram Bapu has been convicted by a court in Gandhinagar, Gujarat in a case where he was accused of repeatedly raping a female disciple. He was convicted more than nine years after a former disciple had lodged a case of rape against him during her earlier stay in his ashram.

Additional Sessions Judge DK Soni convicted Asaram for raping the female disciple on several occasions at his Surat Ashram in 2013.

The judge is expected to pronounce the sentence against Asaram on Tuesday morning.

Asaram was convicted for offences under Sections 376 (rape), 377 (unnatural sex), 354 (outraging modesty of a woman), 346 (wrongful confinement), 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 201 (destroying evidence) of the Indi...