The Supreme Court will hear a plea filed by the CBI challenging a Delhi High Court order suspending the life sentence of expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the 2017 Unnao rape case on December 29.
According to the apex court’s cause list for December 29, a Bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices J.K. Maheshwari and Augustine George Masih is slated to hear the plea.
Besides the plea filed by the CBI, the apex court will also hear a separate petition filed by advocates Anjale Patel and Pooja Shilpkar challenging the high court order.
On December 23, the high court suspended the jail term of Sengar, who was serving a life sentence in the 2017 Unnao rape case, saying he had already served seven years and five months in prison.
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Unnao rape case: SC to hear CBI’s plea against HC order suspending Sengar’s life sentence on December 29
Supreme Court to hear CBI’s plea against suspension of Kuldeep Sengar’s life sentence in Unnao rape case on December 29.
