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Delhi’s Tis Hazari Court has awarded life imprisonment for Expelled Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar. He will thus remain in jail for entire life for raping a woman in Unnao in 2017.
District Judge Dharmesh Sharma also imposed an exemplary fine of Rs 25 lakh in the case and it has to be paid within a month.
“This court does not find any mitigating circumstance, Sengar was public servant and betrayed people’s faith,” the judge said while declining the plea for lenient approach in sentencing him.
The conduct of 53-year-old Sengar was to intimidate the rape survivor, the court said.
It also directed that the rape survivor be paid an additional Rs 10 lakh as compensation to the mother of the victim.
Besides, the court directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to continue assessing threat perception to the life and security of the survivor and her family members every three months.
It said they will continue to reside in rented accommodation made available by Delhi Commission for Women for one more year and directed the Uttar Pradesh government to pay Rs 15,000 per month for the rent.
The court had recently 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 after holding the victim to be a minor in 2017.
