Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday granted one-day parole to Unnao sexual assault survivor's uncle Mahesh Singh to attend the last rites of his wife who was killed in a road accident on Sunday.
The Lucknow bench of the High Court directed the jail superintendent and district authorities to ensure that Singh is taken for the cremation at Gangaghat in tight security.
It directed the senior registrar of the HC to communicate the copy of the order to the authorities immediately for compliance.
Justice Mohammad F A Khan asked the officials "to bring Singh back to the jail by the evening after the cremation."
Singh's appeal against his conviction in a criminal case is pending in the High Court.
The survivor's family members sat on a dharna outside the hospital where she is undergoing treatment, demanding parole to her uncle.
The Unnao sexual assault survivor's family filed a complaint alleging 'conspiracy' behind the car crash on Sunday.
Jailed BJP MLA Sengar and nine others were booked for murder on Monday, a day after the car in which the 19-year-old rape survivor, her family and lawyer were travelling was hit by a speeding truck in Rae Bareli.
The Uttar Pradesh government has recommended a CBI probe into the road accident.
The survivor's mother belonging to Makhi police station area in Unnao, had alleged that Sengar, a four-time MLA who represents Bangermau in the UP Assembly, assaulted her teenage daughter at his residence in 2017.
The case had come to light after the victim allegedly attempted self-immolation outside Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's residence.
Sengar, who is an accused in the rape case, was arrested on April 13 last year.
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