Bilkis Bano on Wednesday approached the Supreme Court challenging the pew-mature release of 11 convicts, who had gang-raped her and murdered her family members during the 2002 Godhra riots.
The terrorists convicted under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and Explosives Substances Act were Sajad Ahmad Khan, Tanveer Ahmed Ganie, Bilal Ahmad Mir, Muzaffar Ahmad Bhat, Ishfaq Ahmad Bhat and Mehraj-Ud-din Chopan -- all residents of Jammu
Remember Randeep Hooda's film 'Sarabjit' (2016)? The actor shed over 20 kg in 28 days to play the role of Sarabjit Singh, a Sikh farmer who was convicted for spying in Pakistan. He literally starved himself to look like real Sarabjit.
A district court on Thursday gave a death sentence to a 56-year-old man, convicted of raping his 11-year-old minor girl in Sirsa district two years ago.
Special Court Judge Harisha convicted the accused, identified as Dusari Raju alias Katam Raju, a resident of Manchal and also imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 on him.
The three-judge bench headed by Justice Sardar Tariq Masood kept the previous ruling of the Lahore High Court that the petitioner is entitled to a pre-conviction period in detention and general remissions under the Army Act, 1952 of Pakistan, The Dawn reported.
Vijayvargiya further said that similarly, parents of the murder convicts would also be punished with imprisonment. "Because as there is a contribution of parents in making of good children, similarly, if they did not pay attention then only children do such misdeeds," he added.
According to sources, the CBI is probing allegations that Singapore-based match-fixer Wilson Raj Perumal has invested in Indian clubs through Living 3D Holdings Limited. Earlier Wilson has been convicted in Finland and Hungary and previously jailed for match-fixing in Singapore in 1995
Congress MP K C Venugopal on Thursday termed the Central government's decision to file a review petition in the Supreme Court against the November 11 order allowing the release of six convicts in the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination case as "belated wisdom dawning".
On November 11, the Supreme Court ordered the release of six convicts including Nalini Sriharan and RP Ravichandran, who were serving life imprisonment in connection with the assassination in the case.