Sengar gets 10-yr jail for death of victim’s father

New Delhi, March 13

Disqualified UP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar was on Friday handed down 10-year rigorous imprisonment, besides imposition of a fine of Rs 10 lakh, by a Delhi Court for the death of Unnao rape victim’s father in custody, saying “no leniency” can be shown for killing a family’s “sole bread earner”.

Sengar, who has already been sentenced to the “remainder of his natural biological life” for raping the minor Unnao girl, was stripped of his membership on February 25 as the lawmaker of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly following his conviction in the rape case.

Pronouncing the sentence in a packed courtroom, District Judge Dharmesh Sharma also awarded 10 years jail term to Sengar’s brother Atul Singh Sengar and five others for their role in the custodial killing of the father of the rape victim.

The court, which did not hold the accused guilty of murder under the IPC, awarded maximum sentence for the offence of culpable homicide not amounting to murder to convicts under Section 304 of the IPC after holding that there was not intention to kill.

Sengar and his brother will have to pay Rs 10 lakh each as fine within three months to legal heirs of the deceased, including the rape victim, as compensation. — PTI