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Supreme Court to Hear CBI Challenge to Kuldeep Sengar’s Bail After Delhi HC Suspends Life Term

The Supreme Court has set a December 29 hearing on the CBI’s appeal, which contests the High Court’s view that aggravated POCSO provisions do not apply to an elected MLA.

CBI Challenges Delhi HC's Order Granting Bail To Kuldeep Singh Sengar In Unnao Rape Case
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UNNAO RAPE | Survivor questions CBI’s credibility as agency moves SC against Sengar’s bail
Women activists stage a protest against the suspension of the jail term of Kuldeep Sengar

Overview

  • The CBI filed a Special Leave Petition on December 26 seeking an immediate stay of the Delhi High Court order that suspended Kuldeep Singh Sengar’s life sentence and granted him bail.
  • A bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant with Justices J.K. Maheshwari and Augustine George Masih has listed the case for hearing on December 29.
  • The December 23 High Court ruling cited over seven years already served and held that aggravated POCSO and IPC Section 376(2) did not apply because an MLA is not a “public servant” under those provisions.
  • Bail conditions include a Rs 15 lakh bond, a five‑kilometre no‑go zone around the survivor’s Delhi residence, and non‑contact directives, yet Sengar remains jailed due to a separate 10‑year sentence in the custodial death case of the survivor’s father.
  • The survivor, her mother, and women’s groups protested outside the Delhi High Court, and private petitioners have separately asked the Supreme Court to stay the High Court’s December 23 order.