Unnao Rape Case, Dec. 29 -- Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Delhi High Court's bail order for Kuldeep Sengar, a former BJP MLA, who was convicted for aggravated sexual assault under the POCSO Act

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had approached the apex court against the Delhi High Court's 23 December verdict suspending the life sentence awarded to Sengar by the trial court.

Sengar was convicted by a Delhi trial court in December 2019 for offences under the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and was sentenced to imprisonment for the remainder of his natural life.

The High Court's basis for releasing Sengar was the prima facie finding that the offence of aggravated penetrative se...