HC shortens Sengar's interim bail period as victim cites threat

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HC shortens Sengar's interim bail period as victim cites threat

Saturday, 28 January 2023 | PTI | New Delhi

The Delhi High Court on Friday shortened the interim bail period of expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar, who is serving a life term for raping a minor in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao in 2017, asking him to surrender after his daughter's "tilak" ceremony, and said he will be released again before her marriage.

The court had earlier granted bail to Sengar for two weeks.

The court, which was informed that Sengar was released from the Tihar jail here on Friday morning and was on his way to Lucknow, passed the modification order on an application filed by the victim, seeking a recall of the interim bail order on the ground of a threat to her and her family members.

A bench of justices Mukta Gupta and Poonam A Bamba, which had on January 16 granted bail to Sengar from January 27 to February 10 on account of his daughter's marriage, directed that he shall surrender before the jail authorities on February 1 as the "tilak" ceremony is scheduled for January 30.

It said Sengar shall again be released from jail on February 6 and surrender on February 10 as the wedding is on February 8.

The victim, who was present in the court, said, "If Kuldeep Sengar is granted bail, I and the witnesses will be in danger. All the government officials there are his appointees. I request not to release him or else he can get me killed."

However, Sengar's counsel said since the trial is complete, there is no threat to the witnesses.

The high court rejected the submissions of Sengar's counsel and said, "We may note that the appellant (Sengar) has already filed an application for leading additional evidence, hence the plea that there can be no threat to the witnesses cannot be accepted."

Advocate Mehmood Pracha, representing the victim, said the threat perception was there even when Sengar was in custody and while ordinarily, people are released from the jail in the evening, the politician was released early in the morning, which shows his clout.

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