Delhi's Karkardooma Court on Thursday convicted two men in a case of firing on a police constable and injuring him during the riots of February 2020. The injured constable was on duty at Brijpuri Pulia, in the Dayalpur police station area.
The Public Prosecutor said that among these 89 convicts, 53 have been awarded imprisonment of less than three years while a hearing on the quantum of sentencing on the remaining 36 would be held on September 1.
The Supreme Court has recently opined that the concerned government may seek reports by a qualified psychologist after interacting with or interviewing the convict who has applied for premature release as it suggested various aspects to be considered while dealing with such applications.
The release of prisoners are based on prison policies and on the conduct of inmates, said Uttar Pradesh Prisons and Home Guard Minister Dharamveer Prajapati after the Supreme Court issued a notice on plea filed against premature release of poetess Madhumita Shukla murder convicts.
The Supreme Court on Friday began the hearing of the plea filed by Poetess Madhumita Shukla's sister, Nidhi Shukla, against the premature release of the convicts in the former's murder case.
The Gauhati High Court on Thursday acquitted the convicts in the 2004 Dhemaji bomb blast which had killed 13 persons including 10 children on the spot, while grievously injuring 19 to 20 persons.
Additional Solicitor General SV Raju appearing for the Gujarat government reiterated before Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan that all necessary compliances had been done before granting the remission.
The Special Court of Delhi on Friday pronounced its judgment and convicted Gautam Kumar Basak, the then Executive Secretary, Joint plant committee (JPC), Ministry of Steel, Government of India under the Prevention of Corruption Act, in a case of corruption in coal block allocation.
The Supreme Court on Thursday while hearing a plea filed by Bilkis Bano against the release of 11 convicts who had gang-raped her and murdered her family members during the 2002 Godhra riots, queried the Gujarat and Central governments about the selective application of the pre-mature releas
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider the bail plea of three life term convicts in 2002 Godhra train coach-burning case at this stage but agreed to list the appeal before an appropriate bench.
The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Bihar government how many convicts facing murder charges were released on remission like Bihar politician Anand Mohan, who walked out of jail on remission.
Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Pankaj Arora of Karkardooma Court convicted Deepak Mehta under sections 304 B (dowry death), 498 A (husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty) IPC. He has been acquitted in the offence under section 406 (criminal breach of trust) IPC.