Today, On 3rd February, The Delhi High Court granted one-day bail to Kuldeep Singh Sengar for his cataract surgery. This marks the third time he has been released on medical grounds. The court’s decision allows him temporary relief for the procedure. Sengar had previously been granted bail for medical reasons.
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court granted former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA and Unnao rape case convict, Kuldeep Singh Sengar, an interim bail for one day on Monday to facilitate cataract surgery. He is permitted to receive medical bail for the procedure scheduled on February 4.
A bench consisting of Justice Yashwant Sharma and Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar instructed Sengar to return to prison on February 5.
The Court previously granted Kuldeep Singh Sengar temporary bail for a surgery scheduled on January 24. However, since the procedure could not be performed that day, he returned to jail and subsequently sought another court appearance.
Today, Senior Advocate Manish Vashisht argued that Sengar would need an additional two days for post-surgery observation, but the Court limited the medical bail to just one day.
This marks the third occasion that Sengar has been granted medical bail. Initially, the Court approved interim bail on medical grounds until December 20, 2024, to allow for a medical assessment of his condition by AIIMS. This bail was later extended for an additional four weeks until January 20, with the stipulation that no further extensions would be granted.
Sengar surrendered to the Tihar Jail authorities on January 20, following the expiration of his medical bail. He was convicted in the Unnao rape case in 2019, which involved a minor who was kidnapped and raped between June 11 and June 20, 2017. The victim was sold for Rs. 60,000 and later recovered at the Maakhi police station in Unnao. During this time, she faced ongoing threats from police officials, allegedly acting under Sengar’s instructions.
After numerous attempts to seek justice, a rape case was finally registered in 2018. A trial court in Delhi found Sengar guilty of the crime and sentenced him to life imprisonment in 2019.
The case pertains to the kidnapping and rape of a minor girl by Sengar in 2017.
Additionally, on March 13, 2020, the trial court sentenced Sengar to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment, along with a fine of Rs. 10 lakh, in the case related to the death of the rape victim’s father while in custody. The trial court emphasized that no leniency could be shown, given that the victim’s father was the sole breadwinner of the family.
In addition to Kuldeep Singh Sengar’s conviction, the trial court also awarded 10 years of imprisonment to Sengar’s brother, Atul Singh Sengar, and five other individuals for their role in the custodial killing of the rape victim’s father.
The rape victim’s father arrested on the orders of Sengar under the Arms Act. He subsequently died in custody on April 9, 2018, due to police brutality. Although the trial court did not find the accused guilty of murder under the Indian Penal Code (IPC), it awarded the maximum sentence for the offense of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, under Section 304 of the IPC. The court noted that, no intention to kill on the part of the accused.
The case originally being heard in a trial court in Uttar Pradesh but later transferred to Delhi, on the directions of the Supreme Court, on August 1, 2019.
Case Title: Kuldeep Singh Senger v Central Bureau of Investigation (CRL.M.(BAIL) 2161/2024, CRL.M.(BAIL) 2060/2024)
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