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The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice on a plea moved by Former Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar seeking two months' interim bail for his daughter’s marriage. Sengar has been sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a minor girl in Unnao District of Uttar Pradesh in 2017.

A bench of Justice Mukta Gupta and Justice Poonam A Bamba noted that the Tilak Ceremony is on January 30, 2023, and the Wedding is on February 8.

In view of the above, the Court issued a notice, sought verification of the request, and directed a status report to be filed by the CBI.

Sengar has submitted that he requires two months of interim bail for attending his daughter’s marriage scheduled for February 8, 2023. He also submitted that the marriage ceremonies shall begin on January 18.

The plea has also challenged the Trial Court order dated December 20, 2019, wherein the Tis Hazari court judge sentenced him for the "remainder of his natural biological life" for abducting and raping a minor girl.

Sengar has been convicted under various provisions including Section 376 (2) of the Indian Penal Code which deals with a public servant who takes advantage of his official position and commits rape on a woman in his custody or in the custody of a public servant subordinate to him.

The bench has listed the matter for further hearing on January 16.

It may be noted that the survivor of the 2017 Unnao rape case had moved the apex court for the transfer of the criminal case filed by the father of one of the accused in her sexual assault case from a trial court in Uttar Pradesh to Delhi.

The transfer had been sought after a local court in Unnao issued a non-bailable warrant against the victim on a criminal complaint of alleged cheating and forgery filed by the father of Shubham Singh, one of the accused being tried in the Unnao gang rape case in a Delhi court.

Case Title: Kuldeep Singh Sengar v. CBI