Unnao rape convict Kuldeep Singh Sengar gets interim bail in custodial death case
The former BJP MLA and his brother Jaideep Singh Sengar are serving a 10-year sentence for the custodial death of the rape complainant’s father.
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The Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted 10-day interim bail to expelled Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in a case related to the custodial death of the father of a woman he was convicted of raping, Live Law reported.
In December 2019, Kuldeep Singh Sengar was convicted and sentenced to life for raping a woman in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao in 2017. She was a minor at the time.
In March 2020, Kuldeep Singh Sengar and his brother Jaideep Singh Sengar, among others, were handed a 10 year sentence for their involvement in the woman’s father’s death in judicial custody.
The former MLA recently approached the division bench of the High Court seeking interim suspension of his sentence on medical grounds, reported PTI.
On Tuesday, Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri allowed Kuldeep Singh Sengar’s plea and temporarily suspended his sentence, according to Live Law. The court noted that he had recently been granted similar relief in the rape case by a division bench.
The Delhi High Court had on December 5 granted interim bail for two weeks to Kuldeep Singh Sengar to undergo a medical procedure.
On Tuesday, Ohri directed that Sengar be released on a personal bond of Rs 50,000 and a surety of the same amount.
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