New Delhi, January 19 (.) The Delhi High Court on Monday rejected the bail plea of Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the custodial death case of the father of the Unnao gang-rape victim.
The Delhi High Court on Monday rejected a plea by expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar to suspend a 10-year prison sentence imposed for his role in the custodial death of the father of a rape survivor from Uttar Pradesh.
Justice Ravinder Dudeja said the court found no grounds to grant interim relief, dismissing Sengar’s application for suspension of sentence while his appeal against conviction is pending.
The judge noted that though Sengar has served about seven and a half years of the 10-year sentence but said the delay in hearing the appeal could not justify relief, as part of the delay was attributable to multiple applications filed by Sengar himself.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said on Monday that Kuldeep Singh Sengar and other accused were convicted in the case by a lower court on March 4, 2020. The court had sentenced Sengar to 10 years in prison, fine and to pay Rs 10 lakh as compensation to the legal heirs of the deceased.
Kuldeep Singh Sengar had filed an appeal against the lower court’s decision. The plea said that the sentence should be suspended till the time his appeal against the decision is pending. The CBI strongly opposed the bail plea of the appellant. The High Court has rejected the plea for suspension of sentence filed by Kuldeep Singh Sengar.
It is worth mentioning that in the case of the rape of a minor girl, the Supreme Court had quashed the High Court’s order granting bail to the accused.
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