Delhi High Court grants one day bail to Kuldeep Singh Sengar for cataract surgery

The Delhi High Court on Monday granted an interim bail for one day to former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA and Unnao rape case convict Kuldeep Singh Sengar to enable him undergo a cataract surgery [Kuldeep Singh Sengar vs Central Bureau Of Investigation]..Sengar was allowed medical bail to undergo the eye surgery on February 4. A Bench of Justice Yashwant Sharma and Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar directed Sengar to surrender back to the jail authorities on February 5..The Court had earlier granted temporary bail to Sengar for the surgery to take place on January 24. However, since the procedure could not take place that day, he surrendered to the jail and then again approached the Court.Senior Advocate Manish Vashisht today submitted that Sengar would require two extra days for observation after the surgery. However, the Court declined to grant medical bail for more than one day. .Pertinently, today Justice Vikas Mahajan also granted medical bail to Sengar in the custodial death case related to Unnar rape. The bail by single-judge was granted on the same grounds and for the same duration as the division bench. .Today's order would be the third instance of Sengar being released on medical bail.The Court had initially granted Sengar interim bail on medical grounds till December 20, 2024, for a medical assessment of his condition by AIIMS.Thereafter, the medical bail was extended by 4 weeks, till January 20 with the observation that no further extension would be granted.Sengar had surrendered before Tihar Jail authorities on January 20 after expiry of his medical bail..Sengar was convicted in the Unnao rape case in 2019. The case involved a minor victim, who was kidnapped and raped between June 11-20, 2017. She was then sold for ₹60,000, after which she was recovered at the Maakhi police station in Unnao. The survivor was then continuously threatened and warned by the police officials against speaking, as instructed by Sengar. After running from pillar to post, a rape case was registered in 2018. A trial court in Delhi convicted Sengar for the crime and sentenced him to life imprisonment in 2019. An appeal against the trial court verdict is pending before the Delhi High Court.