Ex-BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar jailed for life for raping minor girl in 2017, fined Rs 25 lakh

Uttar Pradesh lawmaker Kuldeep Singh Sengar was awarded life imprisonment in Unnao rape case by a Delhi court on Friday.

The quantum of sentence against Sengar was decided on Friday afternoon after a detailed discussion to ascertain Sengar’s financial status.

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. The rape survivor was a minor when she was assaulted. Shashi Singh, the co-accused in the case, was acquitted on the benefit of doubt.

Singh was alleged to have taken the survivor to Sengar on the pretext of helping her get a job.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had urged the court to give maximum punishment of life term, prescribed under the law, to the politician, saying it was a fight for justice of an individual against the system.