The survivor and her mother protested near Mandi House against the court order that granted bail to the accused, expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Sengar.
Calling it “kaal” (death) for her family, the 2017 Unnao rape case survivor said on Wednesday (December 24, 2025) that she would approach the Supreme Court against the suspension of the jail term of expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar.
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (December 23, 2025) suspended the life sentence of expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the 2017 Unnao rape case and ordered his release on bail, pending the hearing of his appeal against the conviction delivered by a trial court in December 2019.
Reacting strongly to the decision, the survivor on Wednesday (December 24, 2025) described the suspension of Sengar’s jail term as “kaal (death)” for her family and said she would move the Supreme Court to challenge the order.
In its ruling, the High Court imposed strict conditions on Sengar, directing that he must not enter a five-kilometre radius of the survivor’s residence and must not threaten or contact the survivor or her mother. The court warned that any violation of these conditions would automatically result in the cancellation of bail.
However, Sengar will continue to remain in prison as he is also serving a 10-year sentence in the custodial death case of the survivor’s father and has not been granted bail in that matter.
Speaking to PTI over the phone from Delhi, the survivor—who was a minor at the time she was kidnapped and raped in 2017—said that security cover for her family members, lawyers and witnesses had already been withdrawn. She added that the court’s decision had further intensified her fears and sense of insecurity.
“If convicts are granted bail in cases like this, how will the country’s daughters remain safe? For us, this decision is nothing less than ‘kaal’ (death),” the survivor said.
Lamenting the influence of wealth, she added, “Those with money win, while those without money lose.”
The survivor, who was heading out with her mother to stage a protest near Mandi House, said she would challenge the High Court’s order in the Supreme Court of India.
The Unnao rape case and other related cases were transferred from Uttar Pradesh to Delhi in August 2019 on the directions of the Supreme Court.
