The Supreme Court is scheduled to review the bail application of expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar on February 9 regarding the custodial death case of the Unnao rape survivor’s father. Sengar is presently serving a 10-year prison term in this matter. His plea challenges a previous decision by the Delhi High Court that denied his request to suspend the jail sentence in the custodial death case.
The High Court, through Justice Ravinder Dudeja, dismissed Sengar’s application on January 19, citing the seriousness of the offense, his criminal history, and the absence of any new developments. Despite acknowledging Sengar’s 7.5 years of incarceration out of the 10-year sentence, the delay in the appeal process was attributed in part to his numerous applications seeking suspension of the jail term.
In March 2020, Sengar was convicted by a Delhi court for involvement in the custodial death of the rape survivor’s father and received a 10-year rigorous imprisonment sentence. The trial, along with related cases from the Unnao incident, was shifted from Uttar Pradesh to Delhi by the Supreme Court in August 2019 with instructions for daily proceedings.
