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The Supreme Court is apt to perceive connected Monday (February 8, 2026) expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar's plea seeking bail successful the custodial death lawsuit of the Unnao rape survivor's father.
On January 19, the Delhi High Court had refused to suspend Sengar's 10-year jailhouse term successful the lawsuit connected the grounds of hold successful trial, saying it was partially caused by the aggregate applications helium had filed successful the matter.
On March 13, 2020, Sengar was sentenced to 10-year rigorous imprisonment by a proceedings court, on with a good of ₹10 lakh, successful the case. The proceedings tribunal had said "no leniency" could beryllium shown for sidesplitting a family's "sole breadstuff earner".
The proceedings court, which did not clasp the accused blameworthy of execution successful the father's case, awarded him the maximum condemnation for the offence of culpable homicide not amounting to execution 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 High Court.
His 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 Supreme Court stayed the suspension connected December 29, 2025.
