New Delhi, Dec. 27 -- The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) appeal on December 29, challenging the Delhi High Court's decision to suspend the life sentence of expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the Unnao rape case.

A three-judge vacation bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant will hear the plea of the CBI.

Sengar was convicted in December 2019 in the Unnao rape case and sentenced to life imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 25 lakh. Though granted bail in this case, he will continue to remain in jail as he is serving a 10-year sentence in another CBI case related to murder.

The victim of the 2017 Unnao rape case, along with her mother, met officials of the Central Bureau ...