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Former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar Convicted In 2017 Unnao Rape Case
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A Delhi court has convicted expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar for kidnapping and rape of a woman in Unnao in 2017.
District Judge Dharmesh Sharma, however, acquitted co-accused Shashi Singh of all charges.
The court convicted Sengar for rape under the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act for offence by a public servant committing penetrative sexual assault against a child.
The court will hear arguments on quantum on sentence on Wednesday. The offences entail maximum punishment of life imprisonment.
Convicting Sengar, 53, under POCSO Act, the court said the CBI proved that the victim was a minor and he was rightly prosecuted under the special law.
“I found her statement truthful and unblemished that she was sexually assaulted. She was under threat, worried. She is a village girl, not from cosmopolitan educated area… Sengar was powerful person. So she took her time..,” the judge said while reading out the verdict.
