Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will move an appeal in the Sessions court in Gujarat's Surat on Monday against his conviction and a two-year sentence in a criminal defamation case by a magistrate court.
Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu was released from Patiala Jail on Saturday, about 10 months after he was sentenced to one-year jail by Supreme Court in a three decades old road rage case
Relatives of the victims of the 2008 serial Jaipur blasts case have expressed disappointment at the Rajasthan High Court order on Wednesday that acquitted four men who were given the death sentence by a lower court.
Speaking to reporters at his Jaipur residence on Thursday, the Congress leader said, "Those involved in the Jaipur serial blasts case were caught, convicted and sentenced. However, despite a lower court awarding the death sentences to the convicts, they were acquitted by the high court. T
The Supreme Court on Wednesday remarked that there cannot be a separate rule for a lawmaker and common people on issues related to the suspension of conviction and sentence in a criminal case while hearing a matter pertaining to Lakshadweep MP Mohammed Faizal plea.
Gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed, who has been sentenced to life, was brought to the Sabarmati Central Jail on Wednesday from the Naini Central Jail in Prayagraj.
Gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Umesh Pal kidnapping case, is being taken back to Sabarmati Jail in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.
A Prayagraj MP-MLA court, which today held the five-time MLA guilty and two others in the abduction case, however, acquitted seven others including the mafia turned politician's brother Ashraf.
The Court pronounced life sentences to Atiq Ahmed, Dinesh Pasi and Khan Saulat Hanif in the case and has also imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on each of the three. All the other seven accused in the case, including Ashraf, the brother of Atiq Ahmed have been acquitted.
However, Atiq's brother Ashraf, who was also an accused in the case and was brought to the court, was acquited. Ashraf along with six others were acquitted by the court. The court, however, is yet to pronounce the sentence in the case.