Overview
- Soon after protests outside the Delhi High Court, the CBI filed a Special Leave Petition seeking an immediate stay of the bail order for the Unnao rape convict.
- Advocates Anjale Patel and Pooja Shilpkar also petitioned the Supreme Court to halt the High Court’s relief granted earlier this week.
- Despite the suspension of his life sentence, Sengar remains in custody because he is serving a separate 10-year term for the custodial death of the survivor’s father.
- The Delhi High Court said aggravated provisions under POCSO Section 5(c) and IPC Section 376(2) did not apply as Sengar was not a ‘public servant’ and noted over seven years already served.
- The bail terms include a Rs 15 lakh bond with three sureties, a ban on entering a five-kilometre radius of the survivor’s Delhi residence, residency in the capital, and regular police reporting, as the survivor’s family and activists voice safety concerns.