Delhi HC grants interim bail to Kuldeep Sengar to attend daughter's wedding

The Delhi High Court on Monday granted interim bail to expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar who is serving life term for raping a minor girl in Uttar Pradeshs Unnao in 2017 to enable him to attend the wedding of his daughterA bench of Justices Mukta Gupta and Poonam A Bamba suspended the sentence from January 27 to February 10 and asked Sengar to report to the SHO concerned on a daily basis during his release period and furnish two sureties of Rs 1 lakh eachSengar represented by senior advocates N Hariharan and P K Dubey informed the court that wedding rituals and ceremonies would be held in Gorakhpur and Lucknow and being the only male family member he has to make arrangementsSengar had earlier informed the court that the wedding would take place on February 8Counsel for the CBI said that a status report has been filed by the agency and it was found that two halls have been booked for the wedding ceremoniesSengars appeal challenging the trial courts verdict in the Unnao rape case is already pending in the high courtAlso Read Uttar Pradesh Schools to remain closed in Gorakhpur till Jan 17 due to coldHe 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 lifeThe trial court had convicted Sengar under various provisions including section 376 2 of the 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 himIt had awarded him the maximum punishment of life term with a rider that the convict will remain in jail for the remainder of his natural biological life and also imposed an fine of Rs 25 lakh on himThe girl was kidnapped and raped by Sengar in 2017 when she was a minorThe trial which started on August 5 2019 after it was transferred from Unnao to Delhi on the Supreme Courts directions was carried on a daytoday basisThe apex court taking cognisance of the rape survivors letter written to the then Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi had on August 1 2019 transferred all five cases registered in connection with the Unnao rape incident from a Lucknow court to the court in Delhi with directions to hold trial on a daily basis and complete it within 45 daysThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever