District Judge Dharmesh Sharma convicted Sengar of rape under the Indian Penal Code and POCSO Act for the offence of a public servant committing penetrative sexual assault against a child .

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Sharma, however, acquitted co-accused Shashi Singh of all charges. Sharma pronouncing the verdict, rapped the CBI for the “inordinate delay in the case”,

.  The court will hear arguments on quantum of sentence on Tuesday.

The survivor was kidnapped and raped by Sengar in 2017 when she was a minor, the court ruled.  The trial in the high profile case was held in-camera after the Supreme Court transferred the matter from Unnao to the National Capital.

The court also rejected the defence objections that the crime was reported much later and that it was orchestrated by the survivor’s uncle. The court observed that the survivor did not “utter any word” in view of the threat to her life and her family.

The court had on 9 August framed charges against Sengar and Singh under sections 120 b (criminal conspiracy), 363 (kidnapping), 366 (kidnapping or inducing a woman to compel for marriage), 376 (rape) and other relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

The judge heard the case on a day-to-day basis from 5 August after it was transferred to Delhi from a court in Lucknow on Supreme Court’s directions.

A special court was also held at AIIMS hospital in Delhi to record the statement of the rape survivor, who was admitted there after she was air-lifted from a hospital in Lucknow.

The woman and her family is provided CRPF security as per the apex court’s orders. They have now been shifted to a rented accommodation in the national capital with the assistance of the Delhi Commission for Women .

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an urgent consultation held by BJP top brass in Delhi on Wednesday night with BJP leaders from Uttar Pradesh Swatantra Dev Singh and Sunil Bansal led to Sengar’s expulsion. Party realises a suspension is not enough.

A day after Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi took cognisance of the letter sent by the Unnao rape survivor, the Supreme Court of India has transferred all cases related to the Unnao incident out of Uttar Pradesh. Additionally, the court also demanded presence of a “responsible officer of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)” in the court.

The CBI officer is required to appear before the Court at 12 pm today (Thursday). The officer will have to inform the apex court of the details of the rape case as well as the accident case of 29 July, which is also being investigated by the CBI. In case the investigation details are such that they cannot be divulged in open court, then the CBI officer will be heard in chambers, Gogoi clarified.

Solicitor General informed the Supreme Court bench led by the CJI that the CBI investigating officers are out of town for the probe into the Unnao case. He asked for an extension till Thursday evening, but Gogoi refused to adjourned the hearing. Gogoi said gather instructions over the phone. “CBI director can do so.”

the Supreme Court has clearly said that all cases related to the Unnav rape case  including the rape allegations, the survivor’s father’s imprisonment and death, the very recent truck accident which claimed the lives of two aunts of the girl (and any other related cases filed in the state),  be transferred to Delhi.

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