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The Delhi High Court connected Monday (January 19, 2026) refused to suspend the 10-year condemnation awarded to expelled BJP person Kuldeep Singh Sengar successful the lawsuit of the decease of the Unnao rape survivor’s begetter portion successful custody.
“No grounds are made retired for assistance relief. The exertion seeking suspension of condemnation is dismissed,” said Justice Ravinder Dudeja.
The justice observed that though Sengar had suffered a agelong incarceration, alleviation could not beryllium fixed connected grounds of delay, arsenic it was partially due to the fact that helium filed aggregate applications successful his entreaty against his conviction.
“Purpose would beryllium served if the entreaty is heard expeditiously,” added the tribunal portion listing the substance for proceeding connected February 3.
On March 13, 2020, Sengar was sentenced to 10 years rigorous imprisonment by the proceedings court, too imposition of a good of ₹10 lakh, successful the lawsuit of the decease of the survivor's begetter successful custody.
The proceedings tribunal had said "no leniency" could beryllium shown for sidesplitting a family's "sole breadstuff earner".
It had besides awarded a 10-year jailhouse word to Sengar's brother, Atul Singh Sengar, and 5 others for their relation successful the custodial sidesplitting of the rape survivor's father.
The begetter of the subsister was arrested astatine the behest of Sengar nether the Arms Act and died successful custody connected April 9, 2018, owing to constabulary brutalities successful custody.
Sengar had kidnapped the insignificant and raped her successful 2017.
The proceedings court, which did not clasp the accused blameworthy of execution nether the IPC successful the father's case, awarded the maximum condemnation for the offence of culpable homicide not amounting to execution to convicts nether Section 304 of the IPC aft holding that determination was nary volition to kill.
Sengar's appeals successful the main rape lawsuit against the December 2019 judgement convicting him and sentencing him to imprisonment for the remainder of his life, arsenic good arsenic the father's case, are pending successful the precocious court.
Sengar's condemnation was suspended by the precocious tribunal connected December 23, 2025, till the pendency of his entreaty challenging his condemnation and condemnation successful the rape case.
The suspension was stayed by the Supreme Court connected December 29, 2025.
