The survivor’s mother thanked the apex court for the relief and told reporters that those who killed her husband should receive the death sentence.Reacting to the order the activist Yogita Bhayana said the order had wider implications.”This is not a fight of one victim alone, but of all girls. The Supreme Court itself noted that while stays are not usually granted, this case stands on a different footing,” she said.Triggering widespread protests and concerns over the security of the rape survivor, the Delhi HC on December 23, suspended the life imprisonment awarded to former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar and granted him bail on a personal bond of Rs 15 lakh during the pendency of his appeal.The court imposed certain conditions, directing him not to enter within a five-kilometre radius of the victim’s residence in Delhi and not to threaten the survivor or her mother.Sengar, however, remained in jail since he is also serving a 10-year term in connection with the custodial death of the rape survivor’s father and has not been granted bail in that case.Sengar was convicted to life imprisonment in the case, by a trial court in December 2019.According to the prosecution, the Unnao rape survivor, a minor, was kidnapped and raped by Sengar between June 11 to June 20, 2017 in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao area. She was then sold for Rs 60,000, after which she was recovered at the Maakhi police station.The court found Sengar guilty of rape under section 376 (Rape) of the Indian Penal Code and sections 5(C) and 6 of the POCSO Act, holding that the victim’s testimony was ‘unblemished, truthful and of sterling quality’.Meanwhile, the Uttar Pradesh Congress on Monday shared a video on X, purportedly showing a protest in support of Sengar, and criticised the BJP.The Congress termed the protest “shameless” and said that BJP leaders should feel ashamed for taking to the streets in support of a convicted rapist.The Unnao survivor lost her entire family while fighting for justice, the Congress said, noting that her father died in custody and her relatives were killed in an accident, yet the BJP supporters were allegedly holding demonstrations to protect a criminal.”These are the same people who make tall claims of ‘Beti Bachao’ from public platforms, but in reality, daughters’ dignity means nothing to them. For them, muscle power and vote bank matter the most,” the party alleged.In another post, the UP Congress accused the BJP supporters, including women, of defending Sengar due to “slavery to power.”It claimed that when a woman protesting in support of Sengar was asked how she would react if such a crime happened to her daughter, she had no answer.The Congress alleged the BJP of double standards, with different laws for its leaders and ordinary citizens.”As long as the pain is in someone else’s home, they defend the criminal; when it reaches their door, they start invoking justice,” Congress said, calling such politics unacceptable.(With inputs from PTI)
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