Unnao Rape Case: CBI Challenges HC Order Suspending Kuldeep Sengar's Sentence in Supreme Court

On this broadcast, India Today’s Legal Correspondent Aneesha Mathur details the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) urgent challenge in the Supreme Court against the Delhi High Court’s decision to suspend Kuldeep Singh Sengar’s sentence in the Unnao rape case. The CBI terms the order ‘legally unsustainable,’ arguing that the High Court fundamentally erred in ruling that an MLA is not a ‘public servant’ under the POCSO Act. Mathur notes the agency’s reliance on the ‘Sita Soren case of 2024’ and the LK Advani judgment to assert that legislators indeed hold a position of trust and authority. Anchor Sonal Mehrotra Kapoor also highlights the victim’s distress, noting that Sengar’s release poses a ‘real risk’ to her safety. The report underscores the CBI’s stance that long incarceration cannot be a ground for relief in such heinous crimes.