The Rajasthan High Court has directed the Jodhpur Central Jail administration to continue providing special medical and support facilities to self-styled godman Asaram, including alkaline water, outside food, a separate bed, and bedding. The order comes days after the jail administration withdrew several facilities following Asaram’s surrender on May 28 this year. Asaram’s counsel, advocates R.S. Saluja and Yashpal Singh Rajpurohit, argued that despite no improvement in his health, the jail administration had discontinued several facilities previously granted by the courts. Medical records submitted before the High Court showed that the 85-year-old convict suffers from multiple ailments, including severe heart disease, diabetes, kidney-related complications, osteoporosis, muscle weakness, and other chronic health conditions.The High Court further directed that the services of two assistants be continued. However, it rejected Asaram’s request to appoint assistants of his own choice, leaving the responsibility to the jail administration to select suitable and willing persons. The court declined to grant permanent permission for a private ambulance but directed authorities to ensure an appropriate ambulance is available in case of a medical emergency. It also allowed private physician Sachit Bhola to meet Asaram inside the jail once every 15 days. The court clarified that all medical facilities and permissions granted by various courts in the past would continue to remain in force. The order comes shortly after a division bench of the Rajasthan High Court, comprising Justice Arun Monga and Justice Yogendra Kumar Purohit, upheld Asaram’s life sentence in the 2013 sexual assault case involving a minor student at his Jodhpur ashram. While affirming the trial court’s verdict, the bench observed that while prison walls confine the accused, there are no walls that can contain the lifelong trauma suffered by the victim.