US EditionUnnao Rape Case: Supreme Court to Hear CBI Plea Against Suspension of Kuldeep Sengar's Life Term Today
The CBI argues the Delhi High Court erred by granting bail despite Sengar’s serious criminal record and alleged role in the victim’s father’s custodial death, officials said.
- On Friday, the CBI filed a Special Leave Petition in the Supreme Court challenging the Delhi HC's December 23 suspension of Sengar's life term.
- Delhi High Court found that Sengar did not qualify as a `public servant` under POCSO, citing overlooked precedents like L K Advani v. CBI and P V Narasimha Rao v. State .
- CBI's petition lists specific evidence and convictions that it says make bail inappropriate, detailing Kuldeep Singh Sengar's custodial death conviction and the trial court's life imprisonment order despite Rs 15 lakh personal bond with three sureties and five-km travel restriction.
- Public outrage followed the HC order, with the survivor and her family protesting in Delhi, but security personnel detained them at Kartavya Path police station for about an hour.
- CBI seeks an urgent stay and Supreme Court review, urging that post-conviction imprisonment is the rule and the order risks public confidence in the justice delivery system.
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Supreme Court To Hear CBI's Plea Against Kuldeep Sengar's Bail In Unnao Rape Case Tomorrow
A 3-judge Bench of the Supreme Court will hear the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) plea against the Delhi High Court order that suspended the life sentence and granted bail to expelled Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar
Unnao rape case: SC to hear CBI's plea against HC order suspending Sengar's life sentence on December 29
According to the apex court's cause list for December 29, a Bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices J.K. Maheshwari and Augustine George Masih is slated to hear the plea
Sengar order perverse: CBI challenges HC finding, moves SC in 2017 Unnao rape case
Kuldeep Sengar Order: The CBI has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Delhi High Court’s order suspending the life sentence of Unnao rape case convict Kuldeep Singh Sengar, calling the ruling “contrary to law”. The CBI argued that a sitting MLA qualifies as a public servant under the POCSO Act.
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