he CBI counsel further said that his earlier plea seeking the same relief of suspension was dismissed by the high court in June last year and as far as the issue of interim suspension of the surgery was concerned, a division bench of the high court had last month said that he would not be given any further extension.Sengar’s counsel said he was legally entitled to be given the benefit of suspension of sentence at this stage and he was ready to suffer any terms and conditions.On December 23, the high court extended till January 20 the interim bail of Sengar in the custodial death case of the Unnao rape survivor’s father on medical grounds. The relief was granted because of a similar order of suspension by the division bench in the main Unnao rape case.Sengar was convicted of raping the minor survivor and sentenced to imprisonment for the remainder of his life on December 20, 2019.The girl was allegedly kidnapped and raped by Sengar in 2017 when she was a minor.His appeal challenging the trial court’s verdict in the rape case is pending in the high court.He has sought quashing of the December 16, 2019, trial court judgment convicting him in the rape case and setting aside the sentencing order in the rape case.On March 13, 2020, Sengar was sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment by the trial court, which also imposed a fine of Rs 10 lakh, in the custodial death case of the rape survivor’s father.The trial court said “no leniency” could be shown for killing a family’s “sole bread earner”.The girl’s father was arrested at the alleged behest of Sengar under the Arms Act and died in custody on April 9, 2018, owing to police brutality.
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