NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court will on Monday 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 in the 2017 Unnao rape case.
As per the cause list published on the website of the apex court, a three-judge Vacation Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, and Justices J.K. Maheshwari and Augustine George Masih will take up the matter for hearing on Monday.
The CBI has moved the apex court against the December 23 order of the Delhi High Court allowing Sengar’s application for suspension of sentence during the pendency of his appeal.
It was learnt earlier that the CBI and the victim’s family had indicated their intention to challenge the Delhi High Court’s decision before the Supreme Court.
Before the Delhi High Court, the CBI had strongly opposed Sengar’s plea, highlighting the gravity of the offence and the potential risks involved.
In its order, a Division Bench of Justices Subramonium Prasad and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar of the of the Delhi HC had suspended Sengar’s life sentence and granted him conditional bail during the pendency of his appeal, subject to strict conditions.
The Justice Prasad-led Bench ordered Sengar’s release on a personal bond of Rs 15 lakh with three sureties of the like amount. It directed that Sengar will not come within a five-kilometre radius of the victim’s residence and shall remain in Delhi for the duration of the bail.
The Delhi High Court clarified that any violation of the conditions would lead to cancellation of bail.
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