The 2017 Unnao rape case survivor on Wednesday (December 24, 2025) termed the Delhi High Court’s decision to suspend the jail term of expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar “kaal (death)” for her family and said that she would move the Supreme Court against it.
Also read: The Hindu’s editorial on Sengar’s conviction
The High Court on Tuesday (December 23, 2025) suspended the sentence of Sengar, who is serving life imprisonment in the case, and ordered his release on bail pending the disposal of his appeal against his conviction by a trial court in December 2019.
In its order, the High Court directed that Sengar shall not come within a 5-km radius of the victim’s residence and shall not threaten the survivor or her mother. It also said violation of the conditions would automatically lead to cancellation of bail.
Sengar, however, will remain in jail since he is also serving 10 years’ imprisonment in the custodial death case of the victim’s father and has not been granted bail in that case.
