Kuldeep Sengar, one of the accused

NEW DELHI: A special court designated to hear the Unnao rape and murder cases is set to deliver its verdict in the rape case against expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar and co-accused Shashi Singh on December 15. TOI has also learnt from sources that the court is on the same day also likely to pronounce judgment in the case of the murder of the survivor’s father.

The survivor’s family, meanwhile, has been allotted a rented accommodation in outer Delhi. The rent will be paid by the UP government, the source added. District and sessions judge Dharmesh Sharma had framed charges for offences under sections of the IPC and Pocso Act. Prima facie , it was found that Sengar allegedly conspired with Singh to bring the girl to his residence on the pretext of getting her a job, sexually assaulting her and threatening to harm her and her family members if she disclosed the crime to anyone.

On April 3, 2018, the survivor’s father had been on his way from a court in Unnao when he was beaten up and framed in a false case. He was remanded in judicial custody and did not receive medical aid. He died on April 9, 2018.

The CBI was asked to take over the probe. The court had said Sengar hatched a conspiracy with others to murder the father, and it was on his instructions that the victim was picked up and beaten before being thrown in jail where he succumbed to his injuries. The court had viewed the murder as “part of a larger conspiracy to deter, silence and prevent the father from pursuing the complaint” of the rape of his daughter. The murder case involves 11 accused, including three former UP policemen, Sengar and his brother Atul