<div>The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a plea of self-styled godman Asaram Bapu seeking a direction restraining media from broadcasting stories allegedly projecting him in bad light after he was charged with sexual assault of a minor.<br /><br /><div>"Why should we restrain them? How can we stop them if they get information from police and other people. Can we tell them not to publish?," a bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam said as it summarily refused the plea of Asaram who alleged that he was being victimised by "frivolous" reporting against him.<br /><br /></div><div>Senior counsel Vikas Singh, appearing for Asaram, 72, referred to some stories and reports projecting him as "Dracula". He submitted that the court should pass a direction against media.<br /><br /></div><div>The bench, however, was not satisfied with his arguments and said "your remedy lies elsewhere" and dismissed the plea.<br /><br /></div><div>Singh then agreed to withdraw the petition.<br /><br /></div><div>Asaram was arrested in August on the charge of sexually assaulting a minor girl and has been in prison at Jodhpur in Rajasthan since then. He is being investigated in other cases of sexual assault too.</div><div><br /></div></div>
<div>The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a plea of self-styled godman Asaram Bapu seeking a direction restraining media from broadcasting stories allegedly projecting him in bad light after he was charged with sexual assault of a minor.<br /><br /><div>"Why should we restrain them? How can we stop them if they get information from police and other people. Can we tell them not to publish?," a bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam said as it summarily refused the plea of Asaram who alleged that he was being victimised by "frivolous" reporting against him.<br /><br /></div><div>Senior counsel Vikas Singh, appearing for Asaram, 72, referred to some stories and reports projecting him as "Dracula". He submitted that the court should pass a direction against media.<br /><br /></div><div>The bench, however, was not satisfied with his arguments and said "your remedy lies elsewhere" and dismissed the plea.<br /><br /></div><div>Singh then agreed to withdraw the petition.<br /><br /></div><div>Asaram was arrested in August on the charge of sexually assaulting a minor girl and has been in prison at Jodhpur in Rajasthan since then. He is being investigated in other cases of sexual assault too.</div><div><br /></div></div>