Madurai, March 23 (IANS) In a landmark verdict that brings partial closure to one of Tamil Nadu’s most shocking custodial death cases, the First Additional District and Sessions Court in Madurai on Monday convicted nine police personnel for the murder of father-son duo P. Jayaraj and J. Bennix in Sathankulam in 2020.Pronouncing the judgment, Judge G. Muthukumaran held that the prosecution had established beyond doubt that the accused policemen were responsible for the custodial torture that le…
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New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice on a plea filed by the Unnao rape survivor seeking enhancement of sentence awarded to expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the custodial death case of her father. A Division Bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Ravinder Dudeja issued notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Sengar and other convicts and posted the matter for further hearing on March 2. The plea filed by the survivor challenges the quantum of…
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday declined to interfere with the Delhi High Court’s refusal to suspend the sentence of expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the custodial death case of the Unnao rape survivor’s father. Taking note that Sengar’s criminal appeal against his conviction and 10-year sentence is already listed before the Delhi High Court on February 11, a Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant observed that the High Court may be requested…
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court is likely to take up the expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar’s bail application on February 9, in the custodial death case of the Unnao rape survivor’s father, a lawyer said on Saturday. Sengar is currently serving a 10-year jail sentence in the case.The former Legislator’s application in the apex court challenges an earlier decision of the Delhi High Court to reject his application for suspension of the jail sentence in the…
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Monday rejected a plea filed by expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar seeking suspension of his 10-year sentence in the custodial death case of the Unnao rape survivor’s father. A single-judge Bench of Justice Ravinder Dudeja dismissed Sengar’s second application for suspension of sentence and grant of bail, citing the gravity of the offence, his criminal antecedents and the absence of any new subsequent development…
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) In an open letter posted on social media platform X, Dr Ishita Sengar, daughter of former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar — convicted in the 2017 Unnao rape case — expressed deep anguish, fear, and waning faith in the justice system. The letter, addressed to the “Hon’ble Authorities of the Republic of India,” comes hours after the Supreme Court stayed a Delhi High Court order that had suspended her father’s life sentence and granted him conditional bail.Sengar, expell…