SC Awards Life Imprisonment To Bihar Politician Prabhunath Singh In 1995 Double Murder Case
Prabhunath Singh Sentencing: The top court had last week convicted the Bihar politician in the 1995 double murder case, overturning the orders of the trial court and the Patna High Court acquitting him.
Sep 01, 2023, 11:45 AM IST
Delhi HC refuses to hear PIL for confiscation of black money, Benami property; life imprisonment for culprits
The petitioner, Advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, sought direction to awarding life imprisonment in related offences relating to black money, Benami property, money laundering, disproportionate assets, bribery, profiteering, hoarding, adulteration, black marketing, human-drug trafficking, tax evasion and dishonest misappropriation of property by cheating fraud forgery.
Jul 04, 2022, 15:59 PM IST
2002 Godhra train burning case: Court sentences accused to life imprisonment
The accused Rafik Bhatuk who was arrested in February 2021 in connection to the Godhra train carnage case in 2002 was sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Gujarat.
Jul 03, 2022, 12:36 PM IST
2002 Sardarpura riot: Guj HC upholds life for 17, acquits 14
A division bench of Justices Harsha Devani and Biren Vaishnav confirmed the life sentence to 17 persons, but overturned the conviction of 14 others.
Oct 20, 2016, 21:26 PM IST
Morocco rapist of teen who took own life gets 20 years jail
Omar Arbib of the Moroccan Association of Human Rights told AFP that the accused on trial in the city of Marrakesh was found guilty of raping a minor and of group violence.
Aug 25, 2016, 00:43 AM IST
4 get life sentence for raping female defence official
The Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court Judge S S Gosavi yesterday held the four -- Deepak Jawale, Abhay Purey, Vijay Bade and Sunil Ekhande -- guilty of rape and slapped a fine of Rs five lakh on each one of them.
Aug 24, 2016, 04:15 AM IST
Multiple life sentences can't be directed to run consecutively, rules SC
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that the convicts in the cases of multiple murders could be awarded multiple life sentence but these could not be ordered to run consecutively as life sentence means life in jail for the rest of the convict's life.
Jul 20, 2016, 00:42 AM IST
Lifetime imprisonment sentenced to 5 men for murder
Five persons were today sentenced to life imprisonment and a fine of Rs 21,500 imposed on each of them by a court here in a murder case.
Jun 28, 2016, 15:47 PM IST
Chad ex-dictator gets life sentence for crimes against humanity
The case, at the Extraordinary African Chambers (CAE) -- a special tribunal set up by the African Union under a deal with Senegal -- is the first time a country has prosecuted a former leader of another nation for rights abuses.
May 31, 2016, 00:34 AM IST
German bakery blast: Bombay HC commutes convict Himayat Baig's death sentence to life
The court commuted Baig's sentence to life for possession of explosives, while acquitting him on the rest nine charges.
Mar 17, 2016, 15:28 PM IST
Florida top court overturns Spaniard`s death penalty
Florida's supreme court on Thursday overturned the conviction of a Spaniard sentenced to death for a triple murder in 1994, and ordered a retrial.
Feb 05, 2016, 01:19 AM IST
Uber rape case: Driver Shiv Kumar Yadav gets life sentence
An Uber cab driver held guilty of raping a passenger last year in an incident that sparked a nationwide debate on women's safety, has been sentenced to life in prison.
Nov 03, 2015, 22:15 PM IST
SIMI activist Abu Faisal awarded life imprisonment for killing an ATS jawan in 2009
A Bhopal Court on Saturday awarded life imprisonment to SIMI activist Abu Faisal in connection with the murder of Special Armed Force (SAF) constable Ghisiram Yadav at Khandwa in 2009. The court had on Friday held Faisal guilty of murder, criminal conspiracy, unlawful activities and illegal possession of arms in this case.
Oct 31, 2015, 20:18 PM IST
