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Madras HC confirms life imprisonment for convicts in 2018 Kumbakonam gangr
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court upheld the life sentence of four men pronounced by a trial court, for raping a 23-year-old woman from Delhi in 2018.
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UP: Old, infirm prisoners serving life sentences to be granted early relea
Updated : 3 years ago IST
In a sensitive move, the Uttar Pradesh government on Friday sought a report for the release of very old prisoners and seriously ill convicts serving life imprisonment in the state jails.
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US: White supremacist gets life sentence for Buffalo market massacre
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Gendron, 19, who is White, planned the attack for months, according to his online writings, which cited white-supremacist conspiracy theories, racist memes and antisemitic rants.
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SC issues various directions to facilitate premature release of prisoners
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The Supreme Court on Monday issued several directions to ease the process of pre-mature release of prisoners serving life sentences in Uttar Pradesh, including a direction to the state to strictly comply with the laws already in force related to it and follow a timeline of three months for t
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1984 anti-Sikh riots case: SC refuses to give relief to ex-Congress counci
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Delhi High Court in 2018 upheld the conviction of Balwan Khokhar and other accused persons in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. The HC has upheld the trial court order awarding a life sentence to Khokhar.
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Haryana govt grants special remission to prisoners ahead of Republic Day
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
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.
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Delhi HC issues notice to NIA on plea of 4 JeM terrorists challenging life
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice to National Investigation Agency (NIA) on appeals filed by four Jaish-e-Mohammed (JEM) operatives. They have challenged their sentence awarded by the trial court in November 2022.
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Delhi HC grants interim bail to Kuldeep Singh Sengar in minor rape case
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
He was convicted and awarded a life sentence for raping a minor in Unnao in 2017.
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Unnao rape case: Delhi HC issues notice to CBI on Sengar's plea seeking in
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
His daughter's wedding is on February 8 and ceremonies would start in January 2023.
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Batla House encounter: Delhi HC reserves order on appeals by convicts, dea
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The trial court had awarded Ariz Khan a death sentence in the matter. Another convict Shahzad was awarded a life sentence. They had challenged their conviction. On the other hand, the Prosecution had moved a death reference of Ariz Khan and appealed for enhancement of the sentence awarded to
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"No possibility": Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict Nalini Sriharan on me
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Sriharan, who is the longest-serving woman prisoner serving a life sentence in the country, was released from the Vellore jail on Saturday following an order from the Supreme Court on Friday, freeing all six convicts, including RP Ravichandran, in the case.
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Thankful to people of TN: Rajiv case convict Nalini after release
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The country's longest serving woman prisoner serving a life sentence, Nalini was released from the Vellore jail following an order from the Supreme Court on friday, freeing all six convicts, including Nalini Sriharan and RP Ravichandran, in the case.
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