Court convicts MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the Unnao rape case

The Delhi court convicted the former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the rape and kidnap of the Unnao victim.

Former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar has been convicted in the rape and kidnapping of a minor. The court convicted Sengar under the Indian Penal Code and the POSCO act for the offence of a public servant committing penetrative sexual assault against a child,
claiming that the testimony of the victim is "truthful and unblemished" against a "powerful person". The co-accused Shashi Singh was also charged.

The Unnao girl was kidnapped and raped in 2017 when she was a minor. The court will have a detailed hearing on the case on 18th December, 2019.

Unnao rape and kidnapping case: Former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar has been convicted by Delhi's Tis Hazari court. pic.twitter.com/nTl6O0fMOm

— ANI (@ANI) December 16, 2019

The court also noted that the victim's family was wrongfully charged with false cases after the victim wrote a letter to the UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. The MLA was asked to leave BJP after the case around the accident that killed the victim's aunt and left the victim with multiple injuries was brought to light.

District Judge Dharmesh Sharma made the observations while convicting expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the case for raping a woman in 2017, when she was a minor.https://t.co/0v1LaVEeeq

— India Today (@IndiaToday) December 16, 2019

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District Judge Dharmesh Sharma conducted the trial in the case on a day-to-day basis from August 5 after it was transferred to New Dehli from UP on the directions of the SC.https://t.co/4N7FfsHabo

— News18.com (@news18dotcom) December 16, 2019

#ExpressFrontPage | Unnao rape case: Court convicts MLA Sengar, pulls up CBIhttps://t.co/WqoaZhZUsT

— The Indian Express (@IndianExpress) December 17, 2019

Kuldeep Singh Sengar may spend the rest of his life in jail, Court slams CBI for not just being unfair but working against the victim. Reporting #UnnaoCase https://t.co/ScDmijA0R3 pic.twitter.com/L9jMZlI5ab

— Aman Sharma (@AmanKayamHai_ET) December 17, 2019

The trial was held in-camera after the court transferred the case to Delhi.