Asaram has been sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a small woman at his ashram in 2013Jodhpur: Rape convict Asaram, who is serving a life sentence for raping a minor girl, has actually sent out a grace plea to the guv of Rajasthan looking for dilution of his prison term.On April 25, a Jodhpur court had sentenced Asaram to life in prison, after discovering him guilty of raping a teenage woman in his ashram five years ago.Challenging the sentence, Asaram had moved the high court on July 2, however his plea is yet to be listed for hearing.Governor Kalyan Singh, who recently received Asaram's mercy plea, sent it to the state home department seeking a comprehensive report on the plea.According to his grace plea, Asaram has actually advocated the dilution of his life sentence terming it to be a gruelling punishment citing his age.The department then forwarded the plea to the Jodhpur Central Prison administration, which, in turn, has actually looked for a report from the district administration and authorities.

We have actually received Asaram's grace plea.

We have sought a report from the district administration and police on this, Superintendent of Jodhpur Central Jail Kailash Trivedi said.The jail administration will now send out the rapists plea to the Director General (Prison) of Rajasthan.The 16-year-old lady had said in her problem that Asaram had called her to his ashram in the Manai area near Jodhpur and raped her on the night of August 15, 2013.

The teen from Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh was studying at one of Asaram's ashram in Chhindwara in Madhya Pradesh.