Overview
- India’s CBI has filed a Special Leave Petition in the Supreme Court contesting the Delhi High Court’s December 23 order that suspended Kuldeep Singh Sengar’s life sentence and granted him conditional bail.
- A separate plea by advocates Anjale Patel and Pooja Shilpkar has also asked the Supreme Court to stay the High Court’s order.
- Sengar remains in custody because he is serving a separate 10-year sentence for the custodial death of the survivor’s father.
- The High Court’s suspension order rested on its view that aggravated provisions under POCSO Section 5(c) and IPC Section 376(2) did not apply since Sengar was not a ‘public servant.’
- The bail terms include a ₹15 lakh personal bond with three sureties, a five‑kilometre exclusion zone around the survivor’s Delhi residence, and a prohibition on any threats, as protests and safety concerns were voiced outside the High Court.