New Delhi: A Delhi court today sentenced expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar to life imprisonment after his conviction in the 2017 Unnao rape case and ordered him to pay Rs 25 lakh compensation to the survivor who was a minor then.
Terming the Unnao case “an extraordinary one”, where the court has to “consider her continued suffering”, the CBI had sought life imprisonment, the maximum punishment for charges Sengar was convicted under.
Sengar was public servant and betrayed people’s faith,” the judge said while declining the plea for lenient approach in sentencing him.
The court also said the conduct of Sengar was to intimidate the rape survivor. It also directed that the rape survivor be paid an additional Rs 10 lakh as compensation to the mother of the victim.
The court had on Monday convicted Sengar for rape under the Indian Penal Code and the POCSO Act for offence by a public servant committing penetrative sexual assault against a child after holding the victim to be a minor.