Unnao rape case | Kuldeep Singh Sengar moves Delhi HC for interim bail
The Hindu
The court was informed that Sengar was seeking interim bail for two months to attend his daughter's wedding which is to take place on February 8
Expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar on Monday sought interim bail from the Delhi High Court in connection with a case in which he was sentenced to life term for raping a minor girl in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao in 2017.
A Bench of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Talwant Singh directed that the case be listed before another Bench for hearing on December 22.
"List this application before a Bench in which one of us, namely, Justice Talwant Singh, is not a member subject to obtaining directions of the Chief Justice," the court ordered.
The court was informed that Sengar was seeking interim bail for two months to attend his daughter's wedding which is to take place on February 8. The ceremonies for the wedding would begin on January 18, the counsel for Sengar said.
Sengar's appeal challenging the trial court's verdict in the Unnao rape case is already pending in the High Court.
He has sought quashing of the December 16, 2019, judgement of the trial court which convicted him. Sengar has also sought setting aside of the December 20, 2019 order sentencing him to imprisonment for the remainder of his life.
The trial court had convicted Sengar under various provisions including section 376 (2) of IPC which deals with the offence of rape committed by a public servant who "takes advantage of his official position and commits rape on a woman in his custody as such public servant or in the custody of a public servant subordinate to him".
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