Former Bharatiya Janata party MLA, Kuldeep Sengar has been found guilty under POCSO act (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) by Tis Hazari Court in New Delhi on Monday. Quantum of sentence will be pronounced tomorrow.
Earlier, the case was transferred to Delhi from a court in Lucknow on the Supreme Court’s direction. A woman was allegedly kidnapped and raped by Sengar in 2017 when she was a minor. Charges were also framed against co-accused Shashi Singh in the case. Being a four-time BJP MLA from UP’s Bangermau, Sengar was expelled from the party in August, 2019.
Charges were framed by the court on August 9, against the MLA 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.