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…
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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) With the Supreme Court staying the bail granted to Unnao rape convict and former UP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, the survivor on Monday demanded the death sentence for him, saying that only then would her father receive justice. Speaking to IANS, the survivor said she has not performed the ‘terahvin’ (funeral rituals) of her father to date.”My father was killed in 2018, and since then, his soul has not been at peace. My father will get peace only when the killers and the ra…
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) The family members of the Unnao rape survivor, along with women’s rights activists, on Friday staged a protest outside the Delhi High Court against the suspension of the sentence of Kuldeep Sengar, who was convicted in the Unnao rape case. The demonstrators raised slogans and expressed anger over the court’s decision to grant him conditional bail. Protesters gathered near the court premises, holding placards and chanting slogans such as “Peedit rahe asurakshit aur …