Unnao rape case: Delhi High Court suspends Kuldeep Sengar’s sentence, grants bail
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday suspended the jail term of expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar, who is serving a life sentence in the Unnao rape case, and granted him bail pending the hearing of his appeal.
A bench comprising Justices Subramonium Prasad and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar ordered Sengar’s release on bail subject to strict conditions. The court directed him to furnish a personal bond of Rs 15 lakh along with three sureties of the same amount.
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The High Court also imposed restrictions on Sengar, barring him from entering within a five-kilometre radius of the survivor’s residence. He has further been directed not to threaten or contact the survivor or her mother. The court warned that any violation of these conditions would result in the cancellation of bail.
Sengar’s sentence has been suspended until the disposal of his appeal challenging the December 2019 trial court verdict that convicted him of raping a minor in 2017. He is currently serving life imprisonment in the case.
The rape case, along with related matters, was transferred from Uttar Pradesh to Delhi in August 2019 on the directions of the Supreme Court.
Sengar has also challenged his conviction in the custodial death case of the survivor’s father, in which he was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment. His appeal in that case is pending, and he has sought suspension of the sentence on the ground that he has already spent a substantial period in custody.
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ISRO successfully conducts second integrated air drop test for Gaganyaan mission
New Delhi (PTI): Space agency ISRO has successfully conducted the second integrated air drop test (IADT-02) for the upcoming Gaganyaan mission at the space station in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota.
The system is essential to ensure a safe recovery of the crew module -- the capsule in which astronauts sit during a human flight -- during re-entry and landing.
Union minister Jitendra Singh congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for successfully conducting the test.
"Congratulations #ISRO for the successful accomplishment of Second Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT-02) for #Gaganyaan, India's first Human Space flight scheduled next year. The second Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT-02) was successfully conducted at Satish Dhawan Space Station Sriharikota," Singh said in a post on X.
The IADT-02 follows the successful completion of the first IADT, which took place on August 24, 2025, at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
Air drop tests recreate the last leg of a spacecraft's return to Earth. An aircraft or helicopter drops the spacecraft from a height to test various systems under different scenarios.
These are the deployment of the parachute system in case the mission is aborted mid-flight, system performance when one parachute fails to open and the spacecraft's orientation and safety during splashdown etc.
In the IADT-02 test, a simulated crew module, weighing about 5.7 tonnes, was lifted by an Indian Air Force Chinook helicopter to an altitude of about three kilometres and released over a designated drop zone in the sea, near the Sriharikota coast.
In a statement, the ISRO said, "Ten parachutes of four types were deployed in a precise sequence during the descent of the crew module, gradually reducing the velocity for safe touchdown. Subsequently, the simulated crew module was successfully recovered in coordination with the Indian Navy."
