Kuldeep Singh Sengar, former Uttar Pradesh BJP MLA, convicted of raping minor girl in Unnao

December 16, 2019 Shining India crime 0

Kuldeep Singh Sengar, former Uttar Pradesh BJP MLA, convicted of raping minor girl in UnnaoLucknow: Kuldeep Singh Sengar, former Uttar Pradesh BJP MLA, was on Monday convicted of raping a minor girl in Unnao. Sengar was held guilty by Delhi’s Tis Hazari court under Indian Penal Code Section 376, and Sections 5 and 6 of The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.

While convicting Sengar, the judge came down heavily on the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for being unable to file a chargesheet in the case for almost one year. “I am unable to understand why it took CBI one year to file the chargesheet which halted the trial. I find being a POCSO judge there is nothing wrong with law but its the implementation. Section 24 provides for women officers who should conduct the entire examination. But it is surprising that CBI was calling the victim instead of going to her without bothering about her anxiety which is against law,” observed the judge before he pronounced the verdict.
 

He stated that prosecution proved the girl was a minor, and it was established that she was sexually assaulted. “It was not reported immediately and there was a delay. She faced threats,” the judgement read.

Meanwhile, the court has acquitted Sengar’s co-accused Shashi Singh who was accused of taking the rape victim to the convicted MLA’s house on the pretext of providing her job. The court will decide the quantum of sentence on December 19. 

The judgement in the case comes after two and a half year after it was reported. The victim was admitted in AIIMS hospital after a truck rammed into the car in which she was travelling with her family members and lawyer in Uttar Pradesh’s Rae Bareli district in July 2019.  

 
Bureau Report
 
 

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