Unnao Rape Case: Hearing on Kuldeep Sengar’s life imprisonment tomorrow in Supreme Court, eyes fixed on CBI’s petition

New Delhi. The Supreme Court will on Monday hear the plea of ​​the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenging the Delhi High Court order suspending the life imprisonment of expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the Unnao rape case. According to the hearing list, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice J.K. A three-member vacation bench of Maheshwari and Augustine George Masih will hear the case. The Supreme Court will also hear a separate petition filed by advocates Anjale Patel and Pooja Shilpakar challenging the high court order and seeking a stay on it. CBI in its petition L. Of. The Supreme Court’s decision in the Advani case has been cited, in which it was said that a person holding a public office like MP or MLA will be considered a public servant. The agency says the High Court erred in saying that Sengar, who was an MLA at the time of the crime, was not a public servant.

CBI said, “The High Court did not take into account that an MLA holding a constitutional post has public trust and authority and in such a situation his responsibility towards the state and society is greater.” On December 23, the High Court suspended the life sentence of Sengar, who is serving life imprisonment in the Unnao rape case.

The court said he has already spent seven years and five months in jail. The High Court stayed Sengar’s sentence pending the appeal against his conviction and sentence in the rape case. Sengar has challenged the lower court’s December 2019 decision. However, he will remain in jail as he is also serving a 10-year sentence in the custodial death of the victim’s father and has not been granted bail in that case.