Search For "convicts"
1,768 convicts, undertrial prisoners return to Delhi jails after COVID par
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
After Supreme Court's order, 1,768 prisoners including undertrials and convicts who were on parole since COViD pandemic, have surrendered at various jails in the national capital so far, said Delhi Prisons.
Read More
77 pc inmates in prisons 'undertrials', says India Justice Report
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Only 22 per cent of the prison population are convicts while 77 per cent are 'undertrials' or people awaiting the completion of investigation or trial, the latest data published in the India Justice Report (IJR) 2022 has revealed.
Read More
Northeast Delhi riots: Court convicts father, son for rioting, vandalism a
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
A Delhi Court has convicted a father-Son duo of rioting, vandalism and setting a shop on fire in the Khajuri Khas area during Northeast Delhi riots in February 2020. The court said the convicted duo was part of an unlawful assembly of a mob that indulged in rioting.
Read More
"Something seriously lacking in our system": Sachin Pilot slams acquittal
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Speaking to reporters at his Jaipur residence on Thursday, the Congress leader said, "Those involved in the Jaipur serial blasts case were caught, convicted and sentenced. However, despite a lower court awarding the death sentences to the convicts, they were acquitted by the high court. T
Read More
2012 Chhawala rape case: SC dismisses review petition
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The Supreme Court has dismissed the review petition challenging the top court's order which acquitted three men who were awarded the death penalty by a Delhi Court in connection with allegedly raping and killing a woman in Delhi's Chhawala area in 2012.
Read More
District Court in Punjab's Faridkot gives RI to 4 people for abetting suic
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Faridkot District Court sentenced four convicts in the 2016 family's mass suicide case to 10-year rigorous imprisonment for abetment to suicide.
Read More
Delhi court convicts AAP MLA for causing hurt, acquits of offences under S
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
A Delhi court has recently convicted AAP MLA Akhilesh Pati Tripathi for causing hurt. However, the court acquitted him of offences under the SC-ST Act.
Read More
Bilkis Bano case: SC issues notice on Bano's plea against pre-mature relea
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre, Gujarat government and all the convicts on a plea filed by Bilkis Bano challenging the pre-mature release of 11 convicts who had gang-raped her and murdered her family members during the 2002 Godhra riots.
Read More
Bilkis Bano case: SC to hear pleas against premature release of 11 convict
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The Supreme Court will hear a batch of pleas on Monday challenging the release of 11 convicts who had gang-raped Bilkis Bano and murdered her family members during the 2002 Godhra riots.
Read More
Rahul Gandhi had in 2013 opposed move to protect convicted lawmakers from
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
BJP Tamil Nadu chief K Annamalai on Saturday said that Congress MP Rahul Gandhi had in 2013 opposed the move to protect convicted lawmakers from instant disqualification.
Read More
SC directs all convicts, undertrials released during Covid-19 pandemic to
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
A bench comprising Justices MR Shah and CT Ravikumar issued this direction while dealing with the matter relating to the contagion of Covid 19 Virus in Prisons.
Read More
Bilkis Bano case: SC's new bench to hear pleas against premature release o
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The Supreme Court of Monday will hear a batch of pleas challenging the premature release of 11 convicts who had gang-raped Bilkis Bano and murdered her family members during the 2002 Godhra riots.
Read More