New Delhi: In a major development in the infamous 2017 Unnao rape incident, a Delhi court on Monday convicted the expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar for raping the victim when she was a minor.
The quantum of punishment will be pronounced on December 19.
Sengar was expelled from the BJP in August 2019.
The court had on August 9 framed charges against the MLA and Singh under Sections 120 b (criminal conspiracy), 363 (kidnapping), 366 (kidnapping or inducing a woman to compel for marriage), 376 (rape) and other relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
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The offences entail a maximum punishment of life imprisonment.
In July 2019, survivor’s family had alleged foul play when her car was hit by a truck and she was severely injured and two of her aunts were killed in the accident
Meanwhile, her father was allegedly framed in an illegal arms case and arrested on April 3, 2018, and he died a few days later in judicial custody, on April 9, 2018.
The case was transferred to Delhi from Lucknow after the rape survivor wrote to the Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi.