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Delhi HC grants interim suspension of sentence for 45 days to convict suff
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): Delhi High Court has granted interim suspension of sentence for 45 days to a convict suffering from schizophrenia saying he is vulnerable to disease in prison during the COVID-19 crisis as he may not be able to take precautions and maintain hygiene.
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Convene sentence review board meetings more frequently to decongest jails:
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): A public interest litigation (PIL) was moved in Delhi High Court on Wednesday seeking directions to convene Sentence Review Board (SRB) meetings more frequently so more eligible inmates can be released from prisons in order to decongest the jails.
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Punjab extends parole period beyond 16 weeks
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 2 (ANI): The Punjab Cabinet has approved the extension of parole period beyond 16 weeks during epidemics and disasters for those sentenced to seven years or less.
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Saudi abolishes death penalty for juveniles
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], April 27 (ANI): Saudi Arabia has passed a royal decree ending the application of the death penalty for individuals convicted of crimes committed by juveniles, meaning that any individual who received a death sentence while he or she is a minor can no longer face execut
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SC commutes death penalty of 2 convicts to life imprisonment in minor kidn
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 25 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday commuted the death penalty of two convicts to life imprisonment and said that there shall not be any remission till they complete 25 years of jail sentence in connection with a case of kidnapping and murder of an eight-year-ol
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Ex-Jharkhand minister Anosh Ekka gets 7 years imprisonment in money launde
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], April 23 (ANI): Former Jharkhand Minister Anosh Ekka was on Thursday sentenced to seven years in prison by a special PMLA court in Ranchi in connection with a money laundering case.
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Delhi HC suspends sentencing of murder convict
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday decided to suspend the sentencing of a murder convict for a period of four weeks and also granted him interim bail on a personal bond of Rs 25,000 with one surety.
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Four journalists in Yemen sentenced to death for 'collaborating' with Saud
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Sana'a [Yemen], April 12 (ANI): A court of Houthi rebels in Yemen sentenced four journalists to death for allegedly collaborating with the Saudi-led coalition that has been fighting the Houthis since 2015, according to the journalists' lawyer.
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Lalu Prasad may walk out of jail as Covid-19 surges
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], April 7 (ANI): Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad, who is serving a seven-year sentence in a Ranchi jail in connection with the fodder scam, may soon be released on parole amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis in the country.
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ISI's dire need for terrorists caused Omar Sheikh's release?
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], April 4 (ANI): While the United States continue to raise an outcry over the grisly murder of journalist Daniel Pearl in Karachi in 2002, Pakistan has successfully overturned the 18-year old verdict and reduced the death sentence of main accused Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheik
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Press Club leaders urge Justice for Daniel Pearl
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 3 (ANI): The National Press Club and the National Press Club Journalism Institute urged Pakistani courts to reconsider a ruling that would lessen the sentence of a man convicted of masterminding the 2002 murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.
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Sindh HC reduces death sentence of key accused in Daniel Pearl murder case
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 2 (ANI): The Sindh High Court on Thursday reduced the death sentence awarded to the main accused in the 2002 kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, and acquitted three others co-accused in the matter.
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