Three persons have been awarded death sentences while life imprisonment terms were given in 149 cases of crimes in the last one month in Uttar Pradesh under the State government’s ‘Operation Conviction,’ police said on Saturday.
Special CBI court Judge Nitiraj Singh Sisodiya convicted the three accused Radha Mohan Sharma, Manish Sharma and Ravi Sharma under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471 read with section 120B and relevant section of Madhya Pradesh Recognised Education (MPRE) act.
The court of special judge (POCSO) Surekha Mishra convicted Sabir Khan to 20 years of imprisonment under IPC section 376 (3), 20 years of imprisonment under 5 (L)/6 POCSO Act, seven years of imprisonment under IPC section 450, seven years of jail under IPC section 506 and five years of impri
The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court on Wednesday sentenced Pradeep Yadav, Additional Chief Secretary, Highways and Minor Ports Department, who was Secretary of School Education Department, to two weeks imprisonment in a contempt of court case.
The government official has been identified as Lakhan Singh and the case was registered against him by the Lokayukta police in 2011 under the prevention of corruption act when he was posted as the Janpad CEO at Sendhwa in Barwani district.
The NIA court of Delhi on Wednesday sentenced four Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives to 10 years of Rigorous Imprisonment each for hatching a criminal conspiracy to wage war against the country by conducting terrorist attacks.
The Supreme Court on Thursday sentenced life imprisonment without remission to four convicts in the 1996 Lajpat Nagar blast case and said that expeditious trial of such cases is the need of the hour, especially when it concerns national security and the common man.
During the hearing on Friday (June 30), the court of Additional Session Judge Atul Saxena convicted the accused Puran Singh Ahirwar and Vidya Bai Ahirwar under Section Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 302, 120B and 201.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court sentenced a former Syndicate bank manager to seven years of Rigorous Imprisonment (RI) in a bank fraud case.