NEW DELHI: Former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar was convicted on Monday by Delhi's Tis Hazari court in the case of kidnapping and rape of a woman in Unnao in 2017. Arguments on the sentencing will be held on December 19.

Another accused in the case Shashi Singh has been acquitted.

The woman was kidnapped and raped by Sengar in 2017 when she was a minor. Sengar, a four-time BJP MLA from UP's Bangermau, was expelled from the BJP in August 2019.

The court had on August 9 framed charges against the MLA and Singh under Sections 120 b (criminal conspiracy), 363 (kidnapping), 366 (kidnapping or inducing a woman to compel for marriage), 376 (rape) and other relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

The judge heard the case on a day-to-day basis from August 5 after it was transferred to Delhi from a court in Lucknow on Supreme Court's directions.

(With inputs from agencies)

