NEW DELHI: Two lawyers have knocked the doors of the Supreme Court by filing a Special Leave Petition (SLP) challenging the suspension of jail sentence and grant of bail by the Delhi High Court to former BJP MLA and convict Kuldeep Singh Sengar in connection with the Unnao rape case.

The two lawyers, Anjale Patel and Pooja Shilpkar, through Advocate-on-Record Sanjeev Malhotra, moved the apex court after being aggrieved by the Delhi High Court’s December 23 order suspending Sengar's jail term, who is serving a life sentence in the 2017 Unnao rape case.

The plea has requested the Supreme Court to exercise its jurisdiction to set aside the suspension of the jail sentence and immediately cancel the bail, contending that the High Court order warrants interference.

The matter may be listed as per the rules and standard operating procedures of the Supreme Court. It may be noted that the petitioner duo, Patel and Shilpkar, were not parties to the case pertaining to Sengar’s arrest and conviction.

In the December 23 order, the Delhi High Court suspended the jail term and granted him bail subject to strict conditions, including movement restrictions and regular police reporting.

A bench of Justices Subramonium Prasad and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar directed Sengar to furnish a personal bond of Rs 15 lakh with three Delhi-based sureties of the same amount. He was also asked to stay in Delhi, report weekly to the police, and deposit his passport.

In their plea, the petitioners argued that the High Court was unjustified in entertaining and allowing the application for suspension of sentence and grant of bail in favour of Sengar, particularly when the trial court, after considering the entire evidence on record, had not only awarded life imprisonment but had also directed that the accused shall remain in life imprisonment.