Unnao rape case: CBI moves Supreme Court challenging Delhi HC order suspending Kuldeep Sengar’s life sentence

The CBI on Friday (December 26, 2025) approached the Supreme Court with a special leave petition (SLP) against the Delhi High Court’s order to suspend the life sentence of former BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar in the 2017 Unnao rape case This came a day after an appeal had been filed in the Supreme Court on Thursday (December 25) challenging the suspension of prison sentence of the expelled BJP leader. Protests against the Delhi HC’s order continued on Friday (December 26) with several women sitting outside the High Court holding placards that sought justice for the survivor. Sengar’s sentence was put on hold by the High Court on Tuesday (December 23) till the pendency of his appeal challenging his conviction and sentence in the rape case. He has challenged a December 2019 trial court verdict in the case. He would however remain in jail since he was also serving 10 years’ imprisonment in the custodial death case of the victim’s father. He has not been granted bail in that case. The former BJP leader had however separately appealed against his conviction in this case also on the ground that he had already spent a substantial time in jail. Sengar was found guilty of kidnapping and raping the survivor when she was a minor. Published - December 26, 2025 10:40 pm IST

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