Unnao Case: CBI Seeks Life Imprisonment For Kuldeep Singh Sengar; Court Adjourns Hearing Till Dec 20

CBI told District Judge Dharmesh Sharma to give maximum punishment to Sengar as it was a fight for justice of an individual against the system.

**EDS: FILE PHOTO** New Delhi: In this file photo dated Aug 5, 2019, expelled BJP MLA and accused in the Unnao rape case Kuldeep Singh Sengar is taken to Tihar jail after being produced Tis Hazari court, in New Delhi. Delhi court convicts Sengar for kidnapping and rape of minor girl in Unnao in 2017. (PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary)

New Delhi: Delhi’s Tis Hazari Court adjourned the arguments on the quantum of punishment against Kuldeep Singh Sengar, the former BJP MLA and the convict in the 2017 Unnao rape case, for December 20 (Friday). The court also sought the copy of affidavit of Sengar filed during 2019 in the Election Commission. The CBI sought life imprisonment for convict Sengar for raping a woman in Unnao in 2017. The agency told District Judge Dharmesh Sharma to give maximum punishment to Sengar as it was a fight for justice of an individual against the system. The CBI has also sought an adequate amount as monetary compensation for rape 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. His accomplice Shashi Singh was given the benefit of doubt by Special Judge Dharmesh Sharma of the Tis Hazari court and acquitted. Also watch| Sengar's conviction to give huge message to country: Nirbhaya's mother The case had triggered massive outrage across the country, especially for the manner in which the police had allegedly tried to shield the lawmaker and his brother Atul Singh and the insolent attitude shown towards the victim and her family. The rape complaint was filed only after the distressed woman staged a protest outside Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's Lucknow residence and threatened to self-immolate if justice wasn’t served.