The Supreme Court has stayed a Delhi High Court order that would have released Kuldeep Singh Sengar, a former BJP MLA convicted in the 2017 Unnao rape case. Sengar was found guilty of raping a minor and his role in the custodial death of her father. The High Court's decision to grant Sengar a reprieve was based on a perceived 'lacuna' in the POCSO Act regarding the definition of 'public servant' at the time of sentencing. The Supreme Court's intervention aims to prevent a miscarriage of justice in a case marked by extreme violence and intimidation.