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‘Strike balance in criminal appeals’: SC tells high courts to avoid delays
The Supreme Court urged high courts to prioritize criminal appeals of accused on bail, highlighting delays may lead to ethical concerns if they face jail after decades.
Published on Mar 27, 2025 08:26 AM IST
Second hitman receives life sentence for Ripudaman Singh Malik's murder
Jose Lopez received a life sentence for the murder of Ripudaman Singh Malik, joining fellow hitman Tanner Fox.
Published on Mar 08, 2025 10:54 AM IST
Punjab: Ex-Patti SHO gets life term in 1993 fake encounter case
The special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Mohali on Thursday awarded life sentence to then station house officer (SHO) of Patti police station, who was held guilty of killing two persons in a fake encounter in the Bhagupura area of Patti in 1993
Published on Mar 07, 2025 07:08 AM IST
Mohali police book murder convict for jumping parole
According to Mohali police, the murder convict was granted 54 days of parole and was required to return to the jail by 9 am on January 23; however, he failed to report back to the prison as scheduled
Published on Feb 09, 2025 10:00 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Mohali
‘Untrained’ truck driver gets life for constable’s death in 2018
Then 20 years old, Rohit hit police constable Dharmendra Kumar Yadav, who was 27, from behind and dragged him for 45 metres
Published on Feb 02, 2025 08:52 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Lucknow
RG Kar: CBI, Bengal govt lock horns over right to challenge trial court order
Both CBI and the West Bengal government want the sentence to the RG Kar case convict to be upgraded to death, but the argument is driven by procedural reasons -- as well as political ones
Updated on Jan 22, 2025 07:11 PM IST
SC grants interim bail to Asaram Bapu till March 31 on medical grounds
Asaram Bapu is undergoing life sentence in a 2013 rape case registered in Gujarat. To be out of jail, he will require a similar order in a Rajasthan case where he is undergoing life term for raping a minor girl
Published on Jan 07, 2025 02:09 PM IST
Abraham Thomas
1984 anti-Sikh riots: SC to hear Sajjan Kumar’s plea against sentence in July
A bench of Justice J K Maheshwari and Aravind Kumar on Monday clarified if the final hearing could not take place as scheduled, the petitioners would have the liberty to request the court to consider the prayer of the suspension of sentences
Updated on Jan 07, 2025 07:48 AM IST
Press Trust of India, New Delhi
Indian-origin man jailed for killing mother in UK: ‘Deeply disturbing case’
Bhajan Kaur, 76, was found in her family home in Leicester with significant injuries to her head and face.
Updated on Dec 19, 2024 07:20 AM IST
Murder convict escapes from Yerawada open jail, probe ordered
A murder convict escaped from Yerawada open Jail during roll call. Anil Meghdas Pateniya had been serving a life sentence since 2016.
Updated on Dec 13, 2024 05:22 AM IST
Nadeem Inamdar
SC seeks CBI response in Balwan Khokhar plea in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case
Khokhar, along with former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar, had been convicted under various counts of Indian Penal Code in the case and is undergoing a life sentence and lodged in the Central Jail, Tihar, Delhi.
Updated on Dec 07, 2024 05:36 AM IST
Asian News International, New Delhi
Karnataka HC grants 90-day parole for murder convict to look after agriculture
Justice Hemant Chandanagoudar, while granting parole, observed that the convict had never been granted parole before and it is a valid case for release.
Published on Dec 03, 2024 06:12 PM IST
Bombay HC suspends life sentence of gangster Chhota Rajan, grants him bail
Chhota Rajan will, however, continue to remain in jail in connection with other criminal cases.
Updated on Oct 23, 2024 12:31 PM IST
LN Mishra assassination case: Delhi HC to conduct hearing on convicts' appeals in Nov
LN Mishra assassination case: Delhi HC to conduct hearing on convicts' appeals in Nov
Published on Sep 07, 2024 03:26 PM IST
PTI |
Kolkata murder case: Mamata govt proposes death penalty for rape convicts
The bill also proposes to amend the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita 2023, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023, and the POCSO Act 2012.
Updated on Sep 02, 2024 06:30 PM IST
Escaped killer who was on the run in Pennsylvania for 2 weeks faces plea hearing
Escaped killer who was on the run in Pennsylvania for 2 weeks faces plea hearing
Published on Aug 30, 2024 09:04 PM IST
AP |
Murder convict escapes from Yerawada prison
The incident was reported late Monday evening after staff discovered his absence from the high-security jail during head count
Updated on Aug 21, 2024 05:48 AM IST
Nadeem Inamdar
Chhota Rajan convicted for role in 2001 Mumbai hotelier's murder
The court found that Rajan, along with four others, had conspired to kill Jaya Shetty, owner of four restaurants in the city, including one in Grant Road
Published on May 30, 2024 01:33 PM IST
Rutuja Gaidhani
SC grants bail to ex-cop Pradeep Sharma in 2006 fake encounter case
SC grants bail to ex-cop Pradeep Sharma in 2006 fake encounter case
Published on May 11, 2024 03:55 PM IST
PTI |
Yasin Malik examined at AIIMS, treatment given, Centre to HC
The counsel for the central government and the director general of prisons (Tihar Jail) also submitted that requisite medical treatment will be provided to Malik as and when required
Updated on Feb 15, 2024 09:02 AM IST
Press Trust of India, New Delhi
Ex-CIA computer engineer gets 40 years in prison for giving spy agency hacking secrets to WikiLeaks
Ex-CIA computer engineer gets 40 years in prison for giving spy agency hacking secrets to WikiLeaks
Updated on Feb 02, 2024 10:08 AM IST
AP |
Saumya Vishwanathan murder: HC seeks police response to pleas against conviction
Vishwanathan, who worked at Headlines Today (now India Today), was shot dead in her car in South Delhi while she was on her way home on September 30, 2008
Published on Jan 23, 2024 12:10 PM IST
Man gets life term for killing daughter in Kerala
The prosecution argued in court that the accused has financial liabilities due to mismanagement and wanted to exonerate himself from them
Updated on Dec 28, 2023 07:08 AM IST
HT Correspodent
Soumya Vishwanathan's mother: ‘Enduring life imprisonment, want them to suffer’
The police said Soumya Vishwanathan was murdered while the four convicts were trying to rob her at south Delhi's Nelson Mandela Marg.
Published on Nov 25, 2023 06:15 PM IST
Army Captain gets relief from tribunal in ‘staged’ Shopian encounter case
The armed forces tribunal has suspended the life sentence of an Army captain who was found guilty of killing three men in a “staged” encounter in south Kashmir’s Shopian district in July 2020.
Updated on Nov 14, 2023 06:28 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Srinagar
Amshipora fake encounter: Tribunal suspends Captain’s life sentence, grants bail
The case relates to the July 18, 2020 encounter at Amshipora in which three men of Rajouri district -- Imtiyaz Ahmed, Abrar Ahmed and Mohammed Ibrar -- were killed and branded as terrorists
Updated on Nov 14, 2023 05:42 AM IST
Mir Ehsan, Srinagar
Anand Mohan set to join Nitish’s JD-U next month
The former MP, serving life sentence for the sensational murder of a district magistrate in Bihar in 1994, walked out of jail in April this year following the remission of his sentence granted by the Nitish Kumar government.
Published on Oct 16, 2023 09:33 PM IST
Vijay Swaroop, Patna
Supreme Court commutes life sentence of non-commissioned army officer
On December 4, 2004, the lance naik and the deceased, who was also of the same rank, were on duty at Ferozepur cantonment in Punjab where they quarrelled over seniority; the convict snatched the rifle from the deceased and shot him. The single bullet that the deceased took proved fatal. He was rushed to a hospital where he was declared dead
Updated on Jul 28, 2023 11:17 PM IST
Press Trust of India, New Delhi
Indian-origin man in US gets life term for killing 3 boys over ‘doorbell’ prank
The investigation revealed that Chandra had deliberately crashed his car into the vehicle carrying the youngsters.
Published on Jul 18, 2023 12:26 AM IST
PTI |
33-yr-old tailor sentenced to life for killing friend in 2017
Both the accused and the deceased hail from Bihar. The deceased was lured into working with him for more money and on the night of the very first day of his job, he was killed by the accused inside the tailoring shop
Updated on Jul 04, 2023 10:29 PM IST