Unnao Rape Victim Moves Delhi High Court For Leading Further Evidence Against Kuldeep Singh Sengar

Victim of the Unnao rape case moved the Delhi High Court on Thursday with a prayer to lead further evidence against former Uttar Pradesh MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, who was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the case.

The victim's application came for hearing before a division bench comprising Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Madhu Jain which listed it for hearing on February 25.

Sengar's sentence was suspended and he was granted bail by a coordinate bench on December 23, 2025. However, few days later, the Supreme Court had stayed the order on December 29, 2025.

The victim has filed the fresh application to lead evidence in the appeal filed by Sengar in the year 2020, challenging his conviction as well as the trial court order sentencing him to life imprisonment. The Court today noted that the appeal is in the final stage of hearing.

Appearing for the victim, Advocate Mehmood Pracha said that the victim prays for recording of further evidence and production of further documents, including her date of birth as per the school records.

Persuing the application, the Court noted that no documents were attached to the application and thus, it directed the victim to file the relevant documents by January 31.

The Court also directed Sengar as well as Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file reply to the application within two weeks.

Senior Advocate N Hariharan appeared for Sengar.

For context, while suspending Sengar's sentence, the Court had primarily held that the offence under Section 5(c) of the POCSO Act was not made out against him.

It held that, at a prima facie stage, the offence did not qualify as aggravated penetrative sexual assault under Section 5 of the Act.

The Court had ruled that the appellant, Sengar, could not be categorised as a “public servant” for the purposes of Section 5(c) of the POCSO Act or Section 376(2)(b) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The trial court had earlier convicted Sengar for aggravated penetrative sexual assault on the ground that he fell within the definition of a public servant.

Sengar was convicted in 2019 by a special CBI court for raping a minor girl in Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh and was sentenced to life imprisonment.

The case had drawn nationwide attention, with the survivor and her family alleging sustained harassment and intimidation by the former legislator and his associates. Several related cases, including those involving attacks on the survivor's family members, were also investigated by the CBI on the directions of the apex court.

Sengar is also serving a 10 year sentence imposed on him in 2020 in a separate case related to the culpable homicide of the survivor's father.

Title: Kuldeep Singh Sengar v. CBI