A Pune court on Thursday sentenced nine convicts to life imprisonment in connection with the murder of a local politician Prakash Anna Jondhale in the Hadapsar area of Pune city in 2013.
The Supreme Court on Thursday sought the stand of the Uttar Pradesh Director General of Prisons through a personal affidavit mentioning the issues relating to the premature release of certain prisoners in line with a 2018 policy.
Supreme Court judge Justice Bela M Trivedi on Wednesday recused herself from hearing pleas challenging the pre-mature release of 11 convicts, who had gang-raped Bilkis Bano and murdered her family members during the 2002 Godhra riots.
All the convicts including former SHO Pawan Singh, Pal Singh Thenwa, Rajendra Prasad, Sarnam Singh and Mohkam Singh were sentenced to life imprisonment.
The Supreme Court has dismissed the plea of Bilkis Bano seeking a review of its earlier order by which it had asked the Gujarat government to consider the plea for the remission of 11 convicts in a gangrape case under 1992 policy. A bench of judges headed by Justice Ajay Rastogi dismissed
The Supreme Court on Thursday granted bail to Faruk, who is one among the other convicts, in the Godhra train burning incident of February 2002 which led to the communal riots in Gujarat.
The special court of Justice Sanjay Kumar Gupta convicted eight accused under sections 419, 465, 467, 468 of IPC and section 3/4 of the Affiliated Examination Act, 1937.
During the hearing on Tuesday, additional session judge Lakshman Kumar Verma found 34 convicts guilty in the 12-year-old riot case under various sections which includes 147, 148, 150, 353, 332, 427, 435 and 34 of the IPC and sentenced them for 5 years of imprisonment.
Justice Bela M Trivedi, Supreme Court judge, on Tuesday recused herself from hearing the 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.
The Supreme Court on Monday said it will consider an early listing of a plea filed by Bilkis Bano seeking a review of its earlier order by which it had asked the Gujarat government to consider the remission of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang rape case.