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The bench said that our opinion is that the punishment should be suspended for the purpose of the applicant’s medical procedure, which has been fixed to February 4, 2025 under the same terms of the conditions set in the order of December 20, 2024. The applicant will have to surrender to the Jail Superintendent on 5 February. The leader’s lawyer informed the court that Sanger’s surgery was not done earlier on the scheduled date due to the circumstances beyond his control.
The Delhi High Court on Monday granted interim bail to the expelled BJP leader and Unnao rape case Kuldeep Singh Sengar till 4 February for undergoing eye surgery. A bench of Justice Yashwant Verma and Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar suspended their sentence that Sengar’s cataract surgery was scheduled to be held here on Tuesday at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences. The court directed him to surrender to the jail officials on 5 February.
The bench said that our opinion is that the punishment should be suspended for the purpose of the applicant’s medical procedure, which has been fixed to February 4, 2025 under the same terms of the conditions set in the order of December 20, 2024. The applicant will have to surrender to the Jail Superintendent on 5 February. The leader’s lawyer informed the court that Sanger’s surgery was not done earlier on the scheduled date due to the circumstances beyond his control. The court earlier also granted the politician interim bail for surgery. The victim’s lawyer opposed the petition and argued that Sanger could not be granted interim bail for eternity. Sanger’s petition for expansion of interim bail, which was part of his appeal against the December 2019 trial court’s decision in the rape case.
The High Court is pending. He has demanded his conviction and cancellation of punishment. In 2017, a minor girl was allegedly kidnapped and raped by Sengar. On December 20, 2019, BJP leader Kuldeep Sengar was sentenced to life imprisonment after being convicted on charges of raping a minor. However, Sanger challenged the trial court’s decision in the High Court, on which the hearing is still pending.
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