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Delhi High Court grants interim suspension of condemnation to Kuldeep Singh Sengar for cataract surgery. (Source: File Photo)
The Delhi High Court connected Wednesday granted interim suspension of condemnation for 4 days to rape convict and erstwhile BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar to acquisition cataract surgery. Sengar was precocious retired of jailhouse for much than a period till January 20.
Convicted successful the 2017 Unnao rape lawsuit and for the custodial decease of the survivor’s father, ex-legislator was retired connected interim bail since December 5, 2024, connected wellness grounds successful some cases. Sengar had to surrender connected January 20 aft the tribunal refused to assistance him an aboriginal proceeding to question further hold of the interim suspension of sentence.
He sought an hold of 30 days to acquisition cataract country and the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi scheduled the aforesaid for January 24, 2025.
A part seat of Justices Navin Chawla and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar directed Sengar to get himself admitted to AIIMS for the country connected January 24, failing which helium shall surrender astatine the jailhouse by 7 p.m. that day. If the country is conducted connected January 24, Sengar has to surrender latest by 12 p.m. connected January 27.
The seat besides directed that a Delhi Police constable shall beryllium deputed astatine the backstage ward wherever Sengar volition beryllium hospitalised and an authoritative from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) shall stay successful interaction with the convict daily.
The bench’s alleviation came successful the rape lawsuit successful which Sengar was convicted and sentenced to beingness for raping a insignificant girl successful Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao successful 2017. His entreaty challenging the proceedings court’s verdict is pending successful precocious court.
Minutes aft the bid by the part bench, Sengar’s counsels besides sought akin alleviation from a azygous seat successful the 2nd lawsuit registered by the CBI wherein helium was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment connected March 13, 2020, aft being recovered blameworthy of culpable homicide not amounting to execution successful the lawsuit pertaining to the custodial decease of the survivor’s father.
Justice Vikas Mahajan besides extended the interim suspension of condemnation for the aforesaid play and connected the aforesaid presumption arsenic imposed by the part seat of Justices Chawla and Shankar.
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