Delhi court convicts Kuldeep Sengar of culpable homicide of rape victim’s father
Sengar has already been convicted for the rape of the young woman from Unnao, who was a minor and has been awarded life imprisonment.
Sengar has already been convicted for the rape of the young woman from Unnao, who was a minor and has been awarded life imprisonment.
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.
Meanwhile, the CBI, while terming the Unnao victim's case 'an extraordinary one', has asked for maximum punishment to be awarded to expelled BJP MLA.
The proposed new law has been named the Andhra Pradesh Disha Act Criminal Law (AP Amendment) Act, 2019 as a tribute to the veterinary doctor who was raped and murdered recently in neighbouring Telangana.
On Thursday morning, a woman, who had survived a brutal gangrape earlier in March, was assaulted and set ablaze by five men accused in the case in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao district.
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.
The survivor’s mother was cross examined on October 9.
CBI has named Naresh Tiwari, Brijesh Yadav Singh and Shubham Singh for kidnapping and gang- raping the woman a week after the June 4 incident.
The temporary court was set up at the hospital with the Delhi High Court's permission after doctors said it was 'not advisable' to bring her to the court premises.
