'Exhausted, Frightened, Losing Faith': Convict Kuldeep Senger's Daughter Pens Open Letter After SC Stays His Bail Order

After the Supreme Court stayed the Delhi High Court order suspending Kuldeep Singh Sengar's life sentence, the convict's daughter penned an open letter on social media stating that she is "exhausted, frightened, and slowly losing faith". In her letter, Ishita Sengar wrote that for eight years, her family trusted the law and Constitution, but her faith was breaking and her identity was being reduced to "the daughter of a BJP MLA"."We chose silence not because we were powerful, but because we believed in institutions. We did not hold protests. We did not shout on television debates. We did not burn effigies or trend hashtags. We waited because we believed that truth does not need spectacle. What did that silence cost us? We have been stripped

of our dignity piece by piece. We have been abused, mocked, and dehumanised every single day for eight years," she wrote."We have been drained financially, emotionally, and physically running from one office to another, writing letters, making calls, begging to be heard. There is no door we did not knock on. No authority we did not approach. No media house we did not write to. And yet no one listened," she added. She questioned those calling them "powerful", questioning what kind of power means "watching your name dragged through mud daily while you sit silently, trusting a system that seems unwilling to even acknowledge your existence".Also Read: Supreme Court Stays Delhi HC Bail For Convicted MLA Kuldeep Sengar"What scares me today is not just injustice, it is fear. A fear deliberately manufactured. A fear so loud that judges, journalists, institutions, and ordinary citizens are all pressured into silence. A fear designed to ensure that no one dares to stand with us, no one dares to listen to us, and no one dares to say, “Let us look at the facts."," she wrote further.Ishita stated that she was writing the letter, not to ask for a favour, but for justice. "I am a daughter who still believes in this country. Please do not make me regret that faith. Respectfully, A daughter still waiting for justice," she concluded.

Supreme Court Stays Kuldeep Sengar Bail

The Supreme Court's intervention comes after the Delhi High Court suspended Sengar's life term on the grounds that he had already served seven years and five months in prison. Sengar's sentence was suspended by the high court till the pendency of his appeal challenging his conviction and sentence in the rape case. He has challenged a December 2019 trial court verdict in the case.Despite the high court's earlier order in the rape case, Sengar remains in jail, as he is also serving a 10-year sentence for the death of the survivor's father.

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Sengar was convicted by a trial court in December 2019 for the kidnapping and rape of a minor girl in 2017 in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao district. The High Court said the sentence would remain suspended until his appeal challenging the conviction and punishment is finally decided.