Unnao rape survivor can intervene in Sengar's bail plea hearing
The Supreme Court has allowed the Unnao rape survivor to take part in the CBI's appeal against former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar's conditional bail.
Sengar was sentenced to life for raping a 17-year-old and was also found guilty after her father died in custody.
The Delhi High Court recently suspended his sentence, but a date for the Supreme Court hearing is yet to be notified.
Unnao case explained
Sengar raped a minor at his home in Unnao. Her father was assaulted, then taken into custody and later died; a court later concluded he had been beaten to death while in custody.
There was an attempt on the survivor's life that killed two of her aunts. After these events, the Supreme Court transferred the trial to Delhi; a Delhi court later convicted Sengar and sentenced him to life imprisonment for rape and to a separate 10-year term in connection with the custodial death.
Now, with bail granted by the High Court, both the CBI and the survivor are fighting back to keep him behind bars.