The Supreme Court on Monday sought a chart mentioning the specific role of convicts, their age and the period underwent by them in matters pertaining to the 2002 Godhra train coach-burning case.
Special Judge Sanjay Khanagwal of Patiala House Court on Tuesday passed the sentencing order and punished all four convicts with seven years and five months in imprisonment. The names of the four convicted operatives are Mohd Asif, Mohd Abdul Rehman, Zafar Masood and Abdul Sami.
A Delhi court on Friday convicted four operatives of Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) in a conspiracy of terror activities in the country and recruitment for the AQIS.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday assured Bilkis Bano, who challenged the pre-mature release of 11 convicts for gang-raping her and murdering her family members during the 2002 Godhra riots, that her plea against the remission granted to 11 convicts will be heard soon.
A POCSO court in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad on Saturday convicted a man of raping and killing a six-year-old girl and awarded the convict a death sentence.
The court of Special Judge (Lokayukta) Sanjay Kumar Gupta convicted the nine persons under IPC sections 471 (Using as genuine a forged document or electronic record), 466 (Forgery of record of Court or of public register, etc), 218 (Public servant framing incorrect record or writing with int
In the 2013 case, a girl from Surat accused Asaram of rape. Statements from 68 people were taken in the case. There was a total of 7 among the accused, including Asaram.
Around 58 people lost their lives when some coaches of Sabarmati Express were torched at the Godhra Railway Station in Gujarat on February 27, 2002. The incident triggered large-scale riots in Gujarat.
Jails Minister Ranjit Singh Chautala said convicts who have been sentenced for a period of 10 years and above, including life sentence, have been granted remission of 90 days and those sentenced for five years or more but less than 10 years have been granted remission of 60 days.
A Delhi Court in Dwarka District in a 15 years old dowry death case has convicted the husband, father-in-law, mother-in-law and brother-in-law of the deceased.
Local authorities and Kandahar residents were in attendance during the lashing. The spokesman for the provincial governor, Haji Zaid, said the convicts were lashed 35-39 times.