Plea seeking death for Kuldeep Sengar nixed

NEW DELHI: In a relief for Kuldeep Sengar, the Delhi HC has dismissed the Unnao rape survivor’s plea seeking death penalty for the former BJP MLA in her father’s custodial death case, observing she failed to show “sufficient cause” for condoning a delay of 1,945 days (five-plus years) in filing an appeal against the sentence awarded by a trial court.

A bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Ravinder Dudeja, on Monday, termed the “unexplained” delay as a case of “deliberate inaction and negligence”.



Her father was arrested, allegedly at Sengar’s behest, under the Arms Act, and died in custody on April 9, 2018, owing to police brutality. On March 13, 2020, the court held Sengar and his brother guilty.



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