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RG Kar case: HC allows govt to file appeal against 'life term' order

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday granted permission to the West Bengal government to file an appeal against the Sealdah court order that sentenced Sanjay Roy to life imprisonment until death in the RG Kar hospital doctor's rape and murder case. Advocate General Kishor Datta moved a division bench presided by Justice Debangsu Basak to file the appeal to seek death penalty of Roy, the sole convict in the case. The state government sought the high court's permission to file the appeal challenging the order passed by Additional District and Sessions Judge in Sealdah, Anirban Das, on Monday. The Sealdah court sentenced Roy to life imprisonment until death after he was convicted of raping and murdering the on-duty doctor at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, rejecting demands for the death penalty saying it was not a "rarest of the rare" crime. The court also ordered Roy to pay a Rs 50,000 fine and directed the state government to pay compensation of Rs 17 lakh to the

RG Kar case: HC allows govt to file appeal against 'life term' order
Updated On : 21 Jan 2025 | 1:34 PM IST

Biden commutes 37 federal death sentences in latest use of pardon power

Of the 40 men on federal Death Row in Terre Haute, Indiana, 18 are White, 15 are Black, six are Latino and one is Asian. At least nine of the spared convicts were on death row for killing

Biden commutes 37 federal death sentences in latest use of pardon power
Updated On : 23 Dec 2024 | 11:46 PM IST

Man serving 30 years for attacking Nancy Pelosi's husband gets life term

The man who was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for attacking the husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with a hammer in their California home was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole following a separate state trial. A San Francisco jury in June found David DePape guilty of charges including aggravated kidnapping, first-degree burglary and false imprisonment of an elder. Before issuing the sentence, Judge Harry Dorfman dismissed arguments from DePape's attorneys that he be granted a new trial for the 2022 attack against Paul Pelosi, who was 82 years old at the time. It's my intention that Mr. DePape will never get out of prison, he can never be paroled," Dorfman said while handing out the punishment. One of the defense attorneys, Adam Lipson, asked Dorfman before the sentence was handed down to consider DePape's mental health and isolation that made him susceptible to online propaganda. This is a man who has always been a peaceful,

Man serving 30 years for attacking Nancy Pelosi's husband gets life term
Updated On : 30 Oct 2024 | 7:21 AM IST

UP's new digital media policy: Life imprisonment for anti-national posts

The 'UP Digital Media Policy 2024' was cleared by the UP cabinet on Tuesday evening

UP's new digital media policy: Life imprisonment for anti-national posts
Updated On : 29 Aug 2024 | 12:17 AM IST

Assam to make 'love jihad' punishable with life imprisonment, says CM Sarma

Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh have enacted 'love jihad' legislation

Assam to make 'love jihad' punishable with life imprisonment, says CM Sarma
Updated On : 05 Aug 2024 | 1:34 PM IST

Gangster Abu Salem moved out of Taloja prison for transfer to Nashik jail

Gangster Abu Salem, who has been serving life sentence in the 1993 serial blasts case, was moved out of the Taloja prison in Navi Mumbai on Thursday and is being transferred to the central jail in Nashik amid tight police security, an official said. Salem was taken out of the Taloja jail in a vehicle at 11.30 am, he said. Extradited from Portugal in 2005, Salem was convicted and awarded life sentence in 2017 for his role in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case. He was lodged in the Taloja prison, but the jail authorities had submitted to the special court that he needs to be shifted to the Nashik Central Prison given that the high-security cell inside the Taloja prison was in shambles and needs urgent repair. Salem had moved the Bombay High Court challenging a special court's order, which last month rejected his application against his planned transfer from Taloja prison to Nashik Central Prison, claiming a threat to his life. Salem claimed the decision to shift him out of the Taloj

Gangster Abu Salem moved out of Taloja prison for transfer to Nashik jail
Updated On : 04 Jul 2024 | 3:16 PM IST

Ex-BrahMos engineer gets life imprisonment for spying for Pakistan

The former BrahMos engineer has been charged under Official Secrets Act for keeping classified information related to missiles in his personal device, which was leaked outside

Ex-BrahMos engineer gets life imprisonment for spying for Pakistan
Updated On : 03 Jun 2024 | 4:58 PM IST

Gangster Chhota Rajan gets life sentence in Mumbai hotelier murder case

A special court in Mumbai on Thursday sentenced gangster Chhota Rajan to life imprisonment in the case of murder of hotelier Jaya Shetty here in 2001. Special judge for cases under the Maharashtra Control Of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), AM Patil, held Rajan guilty under the Indian Penal Code provisions for murder. Jaya Shetty owned the Golden Crown Hotel at Gamdevi in central Mumbai. Shetty was shot dead by two alleged members of Rajan's gang on the hotel's first floor on May 4, 2001. The court's detailed order was not yet available. Police had registered the murder case based on a complaint filed by the hotel manager. A probe into the case indicated Shetty had received extortion calls from Hemant Pujari, a member of the Chhota Rajan gang, and was killed because of his failure to pay the money. As there have been a number of cases filed against Rajan for extortion and related offences, charges under the stringent MCOCA were also added against him and other accused in the case of

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Updated On : 30 May 2024 | 4:38 PM IST

Dabholkar murder: Court in Pune sentences 2 to life imprisonment, acquits 3

A special court for UAPA cases in Maharashtra's Pune on Friday convicted and sentenced two men to life imprisonment and acquitted three, including key accused Virendrasinh Tawde, in the murder of well-known rationalist Dr Narendra Dabholkar. Dabholkar (67), an anti-superstition crusader, was shot dead while on a morning walk on Omkareshwar Bridge here on August 20, 2013. Reading out the order in a packed courtroom, Additional Sessions Judge (Special Court) P P Jadhav said that the prosecution had proved the charges of murder and conspiracy against Sachin Andure and Sharad Kalaskar and they have been awarded life imprisonment and a fine of Rs 5 lakh. According to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Andure and Kalaskar had shot Dabholkar. The court acquitted accused ENT surgeon Tawde, Sanjeev Punalekar and Vikram Bhave for want of evidence. The prosecution examined 20 witnesses while the defence examined two witnesses during the trial. The accused were opposed to Dabholkar's

Dabholkar murder: Court in Pune sentences 2 to life imprisonment, acquits 3
Updated On : 10 May 2024 | 12:21 PM IST

Soumya Vishwanathan murder: Four convicts sentenced to life imprisonment

A court here on Saturday sentenced four convicts in the killing of TV journalist Soumya Vishwanathan in 2008 to life imprisonment while the fifth convict was sent to three years in jail. Ordering the quantum of punishment, the court said the offence does not fall in the category of rarest of rare cases. So request for death penalty is refused, it said. Ravi Kapoor, Amit Shukla, Baljeet Malik and Ajay Kumar have been sentenced to life imprisonment. The fifth convict, Ajay Sethi, has been sentenced to simple imprisonment for three years. Vishwanathan, who was working with a leading English news channel, was shot dead in the early hours of September 30, 2008, on south Delhi's Nelson Mandela Marg while she was returning home from work. Police claimed the motive was robbery. On October 18, the court convicted Ravi Kapoor, Amit Shukla, Baljeet Malik, and Ajay Kumar under Indian Penal Code section 302 (murder) and Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) provisions for committin

Soumya Vishwanathan murder: Four convicts sentenced to life imprisonment
Updated On : 25 Nov 2023 | 4:44 PM IST

Chinese govt sentences famed Uyghur scholar to life in prison: Foundation

A prominent Uyghur scholar specialising in the study of her people's folklore and traditions has been sentenced to life in prison, according to a US-based foundation that works on human rights cases in China. Rahile Dawut was convicted on charges of endangering state security in December 2018 in a secret trial, the San Francisco-based Dui Hua Foundation said in a statement Thursday. Dawut appealed but her conviction was upheld, the foundation said. The sentencing of Professor Rahile Dawut to life in prison is a cruel tragedy, a great loss for the Uyghur people, and for all who treasure academic freedom, John Kamm, executive director of the Dui Hua Foundation, said in a statement. Dawut was a professor at Xinjiang University and founder of the school's Ethnic Minorities Folklore Research Centre. She disappeared in late 2017 amid a brutal government crackdown aimed at the Uyghurs, a Turkic, predominately Muslim ethnicity native to China's northwest Xinjiang region. For years, her ex

Chinese govt sentences famed Uyghur scholar to life in prison: Foundation
Updated On : 23 Sep 2023 | 1:48 PM IST

Baby killer nurse Lucy Letby sentenced to whole-life sentence in UK

Nurse Lucy Letby was on Monday sentenced to a whole-life term by a UK court for killing seven babies and attempting to murder at least six others while working at a hospital in northern England. Justice James Goss removed any early release provisions from the whole-life sentence, saying the seriousness of her crimes meant that the 33-year-old will spend the rest of her life behind bars. Letby was last week found guilty of the murder of seven newborn babies and also found guilty of seven counts of attempted murder relating to six other babies. In his sentencing remarks, Justice Goss said the nurse had acted in "gross breach of trust and with premeditation, calculation and cunning as he handed down the tough custodial sentence at Manchester Crown Court. "You acted in a way that was completely contrary to the normal human instincts of nurturing and caring for babies and in gross breach of the trust that all citizens place in those who work in the medical and caring professions, the .

Baby killer nurse Lucy Letby sentenced to whole-life sentence in UK
Updated On : 21 Aug 2023 | 6:58 PM IST

Raj to bring Bill provisioning life imprisonment for recruitment paper leak

The Rajasthan government will bring a Bill in the next assembly session to increase the punishment for those involved in recruitment exam paper leaks from the current 10 years to life imprisonment, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said on Tuesday. In March 2022, the assembly passed a Bill providing for imprisonment of up to 10 years and a fine of Rs 10 crore for offences such as government exam paper leaks and cheating in such recruitment tests. This came a month after the REET level-two examination held in September 2021 was cancelled due to a paper leak. "It has been decided to bring a Bill in the upcoming assembly session to make life imprisonment the maximum punishment under the law against paper leaks," Gehlot said in a tweet in Hindi on Tuesday. "In order to bring more transparency in competitive examinations in the state, the chief secretary has been directed to prepare a better process after discussing with the Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC), Department of Personnel .

Raj to bring Bill provisioning life imprisonment for recruitment paper leak
Updated On : 04 Jul 2023 | 6:25 PM IST

Atiq Ahmad, two others get life term in 2006 Umesh Pal kidnapping case

An MP-MLA court here on Tuesday held gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad and two others guilty in the 2006 Umesh Pal kidnapping case, and sentenced them to rigorous life imprisonment. Ahmad's brother Khalid Azim alias Ashraf and six others have been acquitted in the case. This is Ahmad's first conviction in over 100 cases registered against him over the years. Government counsel Gulab Chandra Agrahari said special MP-MLA court judge Dinesh Chandra Shukla held Ahmad, Saulat Hanif, a lawyer, and Dinesh Pasi guilty under Indian Penal Code section 364-A (kidnapping or abduction in order to murder). "The court has awarded the three rigorous life imprisonment and Rs 1 lakh fine to each," Agrahari said, adding that the amount will be given to the family of Umesh Pal, who was gunned down last month. The two brothers are also accused in the murder case. After undergoing court formalities, Atiq Ahmad and others were taken back to Naini jail in separate police vans. In a reply to queries by ...

Atiq Ahmad, two others get life term in 2006 Umesh Pal kidnapping case
Updated On : 28 Mar 2023 | 11:41 PM IST

High Courts confirmed death penalty in 10% cases in 2021, shows data

Since 2017, four people have been executed in India

High Courts confirmed death penalty in 10% cases in 2021, shows data
Updated On : 22 Sep 2022 | 11:54 PM IST

Bilkis Bano gang rape: All 11 life imprisonment convicts walk out of jail

These convicts had served more than 15 years in jail after which one of them approached the Supreme Court with a plea for his premature release.

Bilkis Bano gang rape: All 11 life imprisonment convicts walk out of jail
Updated On : 15 Aug 2022 | 11:58 PM IST

No blanket denial of furlough to prisoners serving life terms: SC

The top court noted that in contradistinction to parole, in furlough, the prisoner is deemed to be serving the sentence inasmuch as the period of furlough is not reduced from actual serving period

No blanket denial of furlough to prisoners serving life terms: SC
Updated On : 30 Apr 2022 | 6:41 AM IST

12 arrested Indian Mujahideen module members sentenced to life imprisonment

The Delhi Police said a Jaipur court has awarded life imprisonment to 12 members of Rajasthan module of the Indian Mujahideen terror outfit who were arrested by the special cell of the force

12 arrested Indian Mujahideen module members sentenced to life imprisonment
Updated On : 02 Apr 2021 | 9:21 AM IST

Life imprisonment to one for kidnapping, rape of teenager in Uttar Pradesh

The victim, belonging to a village in Bairia police station area, was kidnapped on June 18 ,2017, Superintendent of Police Devendra Nath said

Life imprisonment to one for kidnapping, rape of teenager in Uttar Pradesh
Updated On : 21 Oct 2020 | 4:26 PM IST

Alwar gang-rape case: 4 sentenced to life imprisonment till natural death

A special court in Rajasthan's Alwar district on Tuesday convicted and awarded rigorous life imprisonment to four men for the gangrape of a woman in 2019

Alwar gang-rape case: 4 sentenced to life imprisonment till natural death
Updated On : 06 Oct 2020 | 6:12 PM IST