The amendment of Bihar Prison Manual 2012, according to which the convicts who have served 14 or 20 years in jail could now be released, is "arbitrary and unreasonable", an advocate who filed a plea in the Patna High Court against the government's move said on Thursday.
A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Guwahati has convicted five persons in the 2011 People's Liberation Army (PLA)-Naxal nexus case related to a criminal conspiracy to threaten the unity, integrity, security and sovereignty of India, the agency said on Thursday.
The Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government on Monday notified the release of 27 prisoners, including Anand Mohan Singh, days after amending the Bihar Prison Manual.
Anand Mohan Singh who is out on 15-day parole for his son's wedding took a dig at BJP and said, "In Gujarat, some convicts of Bilkis Bano case have been released. That too happened due to the pressure of Nitish-RJD?"
The Delhi High Court on Friday allowed an application seeking an early hearing of appeals filed in the Uphaar Evidence Tampering case. The Association of Victims of Uphaar Tragedy (AVUT) filed the plea.
The court said that an unlawful assembly was formed, with a common objective of attack upon the properties of persons belonging to the Muslim community. The father-son duo has been named with offences relating to rioting, destroying property by fire and being a member of unlawful assembly.
Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, who challenged the release of 11 convicts of rape and murder in the Bilkis Bano case, on Tuesday said central and Gujarat governments were in contempt as they did not produce the files in court.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that "unequals can't be treated equally" while telling that the plight of Bilkis Bano, who was gangraped and her family members were murdered during the 2002 Godhra riots, can't be compared to murder of single person.
Gujarat government on Monday opposed the bail pleas of some convicts, who are sentenced to life imprisonment, and reiterated that the 2002 Godhra train coach-burning case was involved in serious offences as the convicts pelted stones and bolted the door of the train leading to the death of a