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Iranian man, resuscitated once from gallows, hanged again after victim's f
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
A 26-year-old man, who was sentenced to 'qisas' (retribution-in-kind) for murder after his arrest in October 2018, was taken to the gallows in April and hanged but pulled down after 28 seconds at the request of the plaintiffs and transferred back to his cell after being resuscitated, Norway-
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NIA court sentences terror outfit Hizb-Ut-Tahrir cadre to 5 years in priso
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
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.
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Gujarat: Manager at ONGC sentenced to three-year rigorous imprisonment wit
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
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
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Human trafficking of Bangladeshi girls: Hyderabad NIA Court awards life im
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
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.
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Delhi HC sentences lawyer to 4 months in Jail for criminal contempt
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
The Delhi High Court has sentenced a lawyer to four months in prison for criminal contempt, after he was found guilty of making offensive remarks about judges and repeatedly filing baseless complaints against them and police officers.
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Court sentences juvenile to 10 years imprisonment for raping a minor
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Delhi's Rohini District Court has sentenced a juvenile to ten years of imprisonment for raping a minor in 2017.
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Chinese human rights lawyer Qin Yongpei released after five-year sentence
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
His release on October 31 marked the end of a conviction that human rights advocates view as a targeted response to his legal advocacy in defense of human rights in China.
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SC defers Balwant Singh Rajoana's plea seeking release in former Punjab CM
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned by two weeks plea relating to delay in deciding the mercy petition of death-row prisoner Balwant Singh Rajoana, who was awarded a death sentence for the assassination of the then Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh in 1995.
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World Uyghur Congress calls for an end to persecution of Uyghur activists'
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has issued a call for the Chinese government to stop persecuting the families of Uyghur activists. This appeal comes after news of harsh sentences imposed on family members of WUC leader Dolkun Isa, highlighting the ongoing repression faced by Uyghur commun
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China imprisons human rights lawyer couple for trying to meet EU officials
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Chinese authorities on Tuesday sentenced prominent human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng to three years in prison, while his wife, Xu Yan, received a one-year and nine-month sentence. The couple was detained while attempting to meet with European Union officials in Beijing.
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Delhi HC commutes life sentence to 8 years imprisonment after converting c
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
The Delhi High Court has recently commuted the life sentence to a man to eight years imprisonment after modifying the offence of murder into culpable homicide in the case related to unintentional death by shooting by the convict in December 2014.
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Chinese fisherman sentencedto 80 days in detention for illegal entry in Ta
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
A Chinese fisherman was sentenced to 80 days in detention and given a two-year suspended sentence on October 21 after being found guilty of illegal entry into Taiwan and criminal coercion in Keelung.
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