The Delhi High Court had earlier granted Sengar bail in the minor's rape case on December 23. But the HC verdict was later on December 29 stayed by the Supreme Court following outrage.
The Supreme Court stayed the bail order for Kuldeep Sengar in the Unnao rape case. Welcoming the decision, the survivor said her family will continue the fight for justice.
Supreme Court will hear the CBI petition on 29 Dec challenging the Delhi HC's bail order for Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the Unnao rape case.
CBI moved Supreme Court today challenging the Delhi HC’s decision to grant bail to convicted Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the Unnao rape case.
The CBI will approach the Supreme Court against the Delhi High Court’s decision to suspend Kuldeep Sengar’s sentence and grant him bail in the 2017 Unnao rape case.
Congress leader Supriya Shrinate has criticised the Delhi High Court’s decision to suspend Kuldeep Singh Sengar’s sentence in the Unnao rape case, calling it a blow to justice.
A single-judge bench of Justice Vibhu Bakhru while granting time to Atul Sengar, the brother of main convict and expelled BJP lawmaker Kuldeep Singh Sengar, slated the matter for further hearing on August 18.
The Delhi court had pronounced its verdict of life imprisonment on December 20, 2019 and Sengar has been deemed disqualified from that date, it said. His Bangarmau seat in Unnao district has been declared vacant from that date, the notification said.
