Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma postponed the sentence from January 27 to February 10 and noted that Sengar had already got interim relief from a division bench of the high court and that the conditions placed on him were sufficient.
Unnao rape case: The case was transferred to Delhi from a trial court in Uttar Pradesh on the directions of the Supreme Court on August 1, 2019.
The apex court had on August 1, 2019 transferred all five cases registered in connection with the Unnao rape incident from a Lucknow court in Uttar Pradesh to the court in Delhi with directions to hold the trial on a daily basis and complete it within 45 days.
Almost one-and-a-half years after he was expelled from the BJP on charges of rape, former MLA Kuldeep Singh Senger's wife, Sangeeta Senger has been made party candidate for the upcoming panchayat elections.
Expelled BJP MLA and a convict in Unnao rape case Kuldeep Singh Sengar has approached Delhi High Court challenging his conviction and life sentence.
The counsel for the CBI and the complainant had sought maximum punishment for Sengar, saying the court must consider the "cry of the girls in heinous crimes". While supporting CBI's submission, the counsel appearing for the rape survivor also sought adequate monetary compensation for her.
Expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar was convicted in Unnao rape case on Monday. As he was declared guilty, Sengar down in the courtroom. He was seen crying beside his sister.
Unnao Rape Case: Expelled UP BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar has been found guilty by Tis Hazari court in New Delhi. The co-accused Shashi Singh has however been acquitted.
Sengar was brought from Tihar Jail, where he is currently lodged, to the lockup in the court on Saturday morning and then produced before the court at around 10:30 am for the hearing, said a lawyer.
According to a CBI official, the charge sheet has been filed against Shubham Singh, Naresh Tiwari and Brijesh Yadav, who had allegedly abducted the girl and raped her in a moving car.
The woman's statement is being recorded by District Judge Dharmesh Sharma. 'In-camera' proceedings are not open to the public and the press.
The counsel of the Unnao rape survivor's mother alleged before a Delhi court that he had received a death threat from expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar.
The court has framed charges under Sections 120 b (criminal conspiracy), 363 (kidnapping), 366 (kidnapping or inducing a woman to compel for marriage), 376 (rape) and other relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
The Unnao rape survivor, who is kept on a ventilator has developed pneumonia which is causing mild fever doctors treating her at the King George's Medical University hospital in Lucknow said on Saturday. The doctor also said her condition remains critical, a week after the deadly road accident.
Chief Minister Kamal Nath has asked the family of the Unnao rape survivor to settle down in Madhya Pradesh and has assured them full security. "The victim's family members who have decided to move out of Uttar Pradesh due to insecurity, I ask them to come and settle down in Madhya Pradesh and our government will provide them complete security," Kamal Nath said.
For the 'Sengar Brothers' of Uttar Pradesh, their list of heinous crimes does not stop with the Unnao rape case. A DIG rank IPS officer of the UP cadre, Ram Lal Verma, who was shot four times (in the chest and stomach) by the 'Sengar brothers', has now come forward to seek justice.
On Sunday, the car in which the Unnao rape survivor, her family and lawyer were travelling was hit by a truck in Rae Bareli, killing her two aunts and leaving her and the advocate critically injured.
Kuldeep Sengar started his political career with the Congress in the late nineties but in 2002, he shifted to the Bahujan Samaj Party and won his first election from the Unnao Sadar seat. This was the first time that the BSP won this seat.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has expelled MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar from the party. Kuldeep Singh Sengar is an accused in the Unnao rape case. The rape victim's car had met with an accident recently in Rae Bareli, in which the condition of the rape survivor and her lawyer is stated to be critical. The rape survivor's two aunts were killed in the car crash, while her father had earlier died in police custody in relation to the rape case.
The young woman, who has accused BJP lawmaker Kuldeep Sengar of raping her at his residence in 2017 when she was a minor, her family and her lawyer were hit by a truck in Raebareli on Sunday. Her two aunts were killed and she and the advocate have been critically injured.
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