Delhi HC Grants Bail To Kuldeep Sengar; Victim’s Sister Says ‘Put Us In Jail To Keep Us Safe’

The Delhi High Court has suspended the life sentence of expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar and granted him conditional bail in the 2017 Unnao rape case, pending the outcome of his appeal. The court directed Sengar to furnish a personal bond of Rs 15 lakh along with three sureties of the same amount. Strict restrictions have been imposed, including a bar on entering within a five-kilometre radius of the survivor’s residence and any attempt to threaten or influence the survivor or her family. The bench cautioned that breach of any condition would result in immediate cancellation of bail. Sengar was convicted in December 2019 for kidnapping and raping a minor girl in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao district.