‘Is This Justice?’ Unnao Rape Survivor's Mother Manhandled, Stopped From Protest In Delhi

Last Updated:December 24, 2025, 15:50 IST

According to officials, permission had not been granted for a protest at Mandi House or India Gate, and the duo was to be taken either to Jantar Mantar or back to their residence.

Unnao Rape Case: Delhi HC Suspends Sentence of Ex-BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar

Security personnel in New Delhi reportedly stopped the survivor of the 2017 Unnao rape case and her mother from holding a protest against the Delhi High Court’s decision to grant relief to former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the rape case.

The survivor and her mother have been protesting at India Gate against the decision. Earlier on Tuesday, the duo, along with lawyer-activist Yogita Bhayan, was detained. On Wednesday, they had planned to address the media at Mandi House. However, the CRPF-escorted bus they were travelling in allegedly did not stop at the designated location.

According to officials, permission had not been granted for a protest at Mandi House or India Gate, and the duo was to be taken either to Jantar Mantar or back to their residence, NDTV reported. Later, the survivor’s mother allegedly jumped off a moving bus. CRPF personnel were seen pushing and elbowing the elderly woman, after which she disembarked while the bus drove away with the survivor still inside. Notably, there were no women CRPF personnel present on the bus, despite it transporting the survivor and her mother.

“We did not get justice. They are taking my daughter away like a captive. These security personnel want to kill us all. Kuldeep Sengar’s bail should be cancelled; otherwise, we will give up our lives. We are not safe," she said as quoted by news agency ANI.

Bhayana termed the incident a grave miscarriage of justice. “Is this justice? The victim’s mother was thrown onto the street. She’s crying and calling us. Is this a country or a banana republic? The survivor is all alone on the bus, being driven around in circles," she said.

Delhi HC Suspends Sengar’s Sentence

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday suspended the jail term of Sengar, who is serving life imprisonment in the 2017 Unnao rape case, saying he has already served seven years and five months in prison.

Sengar’s sentence has been suspended by the high court till the pendency of his appeal challenging his conviction and sentence in the rape case. He has challenged a December 2019 trial court verdict in the case. He will, however, remain in jail since he is also serving 10 years’ imprisonment in the custodial death case of the victim’s father and has not been granted bail in that case.

Imposing several conditions, the bench of Delhi High Court Justice Subramonium Prasad and Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar directed Sengar to furnish a personal bond of Rs 15 lakh with three sureties of the like amount.

It also directed him not to come within a five-km radius of the victim’s residence in Delhi and not to threaten her or her mother. “Violation of any of the conditions would lead to cancellation of bail," the high court said.

Meanwhile, the survivor called the decision a “kaal" for her and her family, saying that she would challenge it before the Supreme Court.

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