Unnao custodial death: Delhi HC says Jaideep Sengar should surrender

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (February 17, 2026) said Jaideep Sengar, brother of expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kuldeep Sengar, should surrender in the absence of any order extending the earlier interim bail granted to him on medical grounds in the case pertaining to the custodial death of the father of the Unnao rape survivor.

Jaideep Sengar, who was awarded a 10-year jail term in the case by a trial court, has sought an extension of his interim bail by three months as he is suffering from oral cancer.

Counsel representing the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), however, said it was not a fit case for extension of interim bail, claiming that the prescription submitted by Jaideep Sengar in support of his plea was not genuine but fabricated.

“Your interim bail was only for a particular period, and you should have surrendered. I just read the file, and there is no order [extending the interim bail],” the court said.

Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma asked the CBI to file a “detailed” verification report in the matter. “The CBI has also not filed a verification report. Please file a detailed verification report,” the court said.

“You have to tell me whether this man is suffering to the extent that he deserves an extension. If he is not, you have to give me a clear report — whether this is genuine or not, whether this man is critically ill or not critically ill,” the court told the CBI’s counsel.

In his application, Jaideep Sengar said he was suffering from Stage IV oral cancer, a life-threatening condition, and had developed clinical signs of its recurrence.

Kuldeep Sengar was convicted of raping the Unnao survivor, for which he was sentenced to imprisonment for the remainder of his life on December 20, 2019.

The survivor was allegedly kidnapped and raped by Kuldeep Sengar in 2017, when she was a minor.

On March 13, 2020, Kuldeep Sengar, along with his brother Jaideep Sengar, was sentenced to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment by the trial court, in the case pertaining to the custodial death of the rape survivor’s father.