Delhi HC seeks CBI’s response to Kuldeep Sengar’s bail plea
Kuldeep Sengar was expelled from the BJP and disqualified as a member of the Assembly after the trial court convicted him.
Kuldeep Sengar was expelled from the BJP and disqualified as a member of the Assembly after the trial court convicted him.
Sengar has already been awarded life imprisonment for the rape of the young woman from Unnao, who was a minor at that time.
Sengar has already been convicted for the rape of the young woman from Unnao, who was a minor and has been awarded life imprisonment.
The Delhi court had pronounced its verdict of life imprisonment on December 20, 2019 and Sengar has been deemed disqualified from that date, it said. His Bangarmau seat in Unnao district has been declared vacant from that date, the notification said.
Sengar was convicted under the Indian Penal Code and POCSO Act for the offence of a public servant committing penetrative sexual assault against a child.
On Monday, the court had convicted Sengar for the rape of a woman in 2017 when she was a minor saying that the victim’s testimony was truthful and unblemished against a powerful person.
The case was shifted outside Uttar Pradesh after the victim had written a letter to the then Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi stating that she faced threats by Sengar.
Gandhi is on a two-day visit to Lucknow where she met the strategy group of the party and discussed the law and order situation in the state.
Sakshi Maharaj posted wishes for Sengar on the same day when another victim of sexual assault was set ablaze in Unnao.
Manoj Sengar who died on Saturday is a co-accused in the accident case on July 28 in Rae Bareli in which the rape survivor and her lawyer were critically injured while two female members of her family died.