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Expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar convicted
Updated On: 17 December, 2019 08:26 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
Convicting Sengar, 53, under POCSO Act, the court said the CBI proved that the victim was a minor and was rightly prosecuted the special law
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New Delhi: A Delhi court convicted expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar on Monday for raping a woman in Unnao in 2017 saying the victim's testimony was 'truthful and unblemished' against a 'powerful person.'
The court convicted Sengar for rape under the Indian Penal Code and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for the offence of a public servant committing penetrative sexual assault against a child. The court will hear arguments on the quantum of sentence on Wednesday. The offences entail a maximum punishment of life imprisonment. District Judge Dharmesh Sharma, however, acquitted co-accused Shashi Singh of all charges.
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