Additional Director General (DG) (Prisons), Amitabh Thakur said that individuals serving life imprisonment who have completed at least 14 years of their sentence may qualify for release. This process is undertaken by the State Sentence Review Board as per its criteria.
The High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court on Wednesday commuted the sentence of United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) leader Paresh Baruah, changing his sentence from the death penalty to life imprisonment in the 10-truck arms smuggling case.
Zaman, convicted in a case re-registered by the NIA in 2018, was involved in raising funds for terrorist activities and conducting reconnaissance for potential attacks. The court imposed sentences for various charges under the Indian Penal Code and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami issued a stern warning over irregularities in exams and said that anyone who plays with the future of the children, will be taken to task under the new 'anti-copy' law in the state which has the provision for life imprisonment.
The Special ACJM (Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate) court for CBI cases, Ahmedabad (Rural), on Friday sentenced two accused to 3 years of imprisonment in the case of obtaining TDS refunds based on alleged forged certificates, the agency said in a release.
In response to concerns raised by British MPs regarding the imprisonment of former Pakistan PM Imran Khan, UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy in a letter to a Labour MP issued a detailed statement, saying there is "no indication" that Khan will be tried in military courts, Dawn reported.
A Bangladeshi national was on Thursday sentenced to five years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) by the NIA Special Court, Kolkata (WB), in a terror conspiracy case.
A Special Court in Chennai convicted and sentenced a Hizb-Ut-Tahrir (HuT) to five years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) for promoting the divisive and violent ideology of the terrorist outfit, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) said in a statement.
The Special Judge for CBI cases, Ahmedabad on Monday sentenced Kishanram Hiralal Sonkar, then Manager of Finance and Accounts (F&A) Officer at the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), Ankleshwar Asset to three years rigorous imprisonment with a fine of Rs 25 Lakh in a case related to
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Court at Hyderabad has convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment all the six accused in a 2019 human trafficking case involving Bangladeshi girls, who were forced into prostitution after being smuggled into India.