Ex-BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar gets life imprisonment in Unnao rape case

December 20: Expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar was jailed for life for raping a minor girl in 2007. A Delhi court on Friday sentenced Kuldeep Singh Sengar to life imprisonment following his conviction in the 2017 Unnao rape case. 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.

The court had on Monday convicted Sengar for rape under the Indian Penal Code and the POCSO Act for offence by a public servant committing penetrative sexual assault against a child after holding the victim to be a minor. Besides, the court directed the CBI to continue assessing threat perception to the life and security of the survivor and her family members every three months.

Sengar, a four-time BJP MLA from Bangermau in Unnao district, was expelled from the party in August.