Unnao rape case: Victim seeks cancellation of Kuldeep Sengar's interim bail, HC calls for reply

Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the response of the CBI and expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar who is serving a life term for raping a minor girl in Uttar Pradeshs Unnao in 2017 on a plea by the victim seeking cancellation of his interim bailSengar has been granted interim bail to attend his daughters wedding His sentence has been suspended from January 27 to February 10 in the rape case and in another for which he is serving 10 years imprisonment for the death of the rape victims father in custodyAlso readBBC documentary screening Four students detained at Jamia varsity cops deployedA bench of Justice Mukta Gupta and Justice Anoop Mendiratta issued the notice on the victims application and listed it for further hearing on January 27 when Sengar is scheduled to be released from jailThe victim who was present in court submitted in her application that there is a threat perception to her and her family and she has received information that Sengar is allegedly likely to harm them after being releasedAdvocate Mehmood Pracha representing the victim claimed that the CBI has suppressed from the court certain facts including that the Uttar Pradesh government filed an affidavit before the Supreme Court on November 16 2022 in which the security risk to the girl and her family during Sengars incarceration has been highlightedHence the security risk to the applicant victim upon the enlargement of the appellant Sengar even for an interim period poses a serious risk the lawyer saidHe argued that the victims apprehension regarding her and her familys safety has increased especially when the convict is permitted to use his mobile phoneThe victim has sought recall of the January 16 order by which Sengar was granted interim bail in the rape caseThe CBIs counsel told the court that Sengar has not yet been released and he will be out on January 27The counsel for the CBI said a status report has been filed by the agency and it was found that two halls have been booked for the wedding ceremoniesThe high court was told that the sagan ceremony of the expelled leaders daughter is scheduled for January 18 and the marriage fixed for February 8Sengars appeal challenging the trial courts verdict in the Unnao rape case is pending in the high court He has sought quashing of the December 2019 judgment of the trial court which sentenced him to imprisonment for the remainder of his lifeThe girl was kidnapped and raped by Sengar in 2017 when she was a minorOn March 13 2020 Sengar was sentenced to 10 years rigorous imprisonment besides imposition of a fine of Rs 10 lakh in the case of death of the rape victims father in custody The court had also awarded a 10year jail term to Sengars brother Atul Singh Sengar and five othersThe father of the rape victim was arrested at the behest of Sengar in a case under Arms Act and died in custody on April 9 2018The trial court which did not hold the accused guilty of murder under the Indian Penal Code IPC awarded the maximum sentence for culpable homicide not amounting to murder to the convicts under section 304 of the IPC after holding that there was no intention to killThe case was transferred to Delhi from the trial court in Uttar Pradesh on the directions of the Supreme Court on August 1 2019This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever