- By Raju Kumar
- Tue, 23 Dec 2025 03:13 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
2017 Unnao Rape Case:The Delhi High Court on Tuesday suspended the sentence of former MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, directing that he will not enter the 5-kilometre area where the victim resides in Delhi. A bench of Justices Subramonium Prasad and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar released Sengar on bail while directing him to furnish a personal bond of Rs 15 lakh with three sureties of the like amount. The high court also directed Sengar not to come within a 5 km radius of the victim's house and not threaten her or her mother.
"Violation of any of the conditions would lead to cancellation of bail," the court said.
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Sengar's sentence has been suspended by the high court till the pendency of his appeal challenging his conviction and sentence in the rape case. He has challenged the December 2019 trial court verdict in the rape case.
What Was The Case?
A minor girl was kidnapped and raped by Sengar in 2017. The rape case and other connected cases were transferred to Delhi from a trial court in Uttar Pradesh on the directions of the Supreme Court on August 1, 2019. Sengar's appeal against his conviction in the case of the survivor's father's custodial death case is also pending, where he has sought suspension of sentence on the ground that he has already spent a substantial time in jail. He was sentenced to 10 years in jail in the custodial death case.
SC Rejected Plea Seeking Relief In April
Earlier, in April this year, the Supreme Court refused to entertain Sengar's plea seeking bail or early disposal of his appeal pending before the Delhi High Court. A bench of Justices PS Narasimha and Joymalya Bagchi dismissed the special leave petition seeking bail on the ground that Sengar’s appeal pending before the Delhi HC was adjourned several times without any substantive progress.
The Justice Narasimha-led Bench told Sengar’s counsel that a bail order would not come to his rescue since he is serving a sentence in other cases. Without passing any direction in relation to the pending appeal, the apex court proceeded to dismiss Sengar’s special leave petition.
Trial Court Convicted Sengar In 2019
Sengar's appeal against the trial court's order in the Unnao rape case was pending before the Delhi High Court, with him having sought reliefs like quashing of the trial court's December 16, 2019 judgment, which convicted him, and the December 20, 2019 order sentencing him to imprisonment for the rest of his life.
Rape Survivor's Father Was Killed In 2018
The trial court had convicted Sengar under various provisions of the IPC and also imposed a fine of Rs 25 lakh on him. Also, in March 2020, a special court sentenced Sengar, his brother Atul Singh and five others to 10 years’ imprisonment in two cases linked to the death of the Unnao rape survivor's father in 2018.
The court had held them guilty under various sections of the IPC for offences such as conspiracy, culpable homicide, disappearance of evidence, framing incorrect records, wrongfully restraining a person, and the Arms Act.
The trial started on August 5, 2019, after the Supreme Court directed to transfer of all five cases related to the matter from Unnao to Delhi. The top court had directed that the trial be held on a daily basis and be completed within 45 days. Sengar was expelled from the BJP and disqualified as a member of the Assembly after the trial court convicted him.
(With agenc Inputs)