Search For "convict"
1,948 arrested, 34 convicted under UAPA in 2019: MHA
Updated : 1 hour, 49 min ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 4 (ANI): As per the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data a total of 1948 persons were arrested and 34 were convicted under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) in 2019, the Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday informed the Rajya Sabha.
Read More
West Bengal govt considers premature release of 63 life convicts i
Updated : 1 day, 10 hours ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], August 3 (ANI): With a view to decongesting the prisons in the wake of COVID-19, the West Bengal government is considering premature releases of 63 life convicts, who have served at least 14 years in correctional homes (jails).
Read More
SC refuses to grant bail to former Catholic priest convicted in a
Updated : 1 day, 22 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 2 (ANI): Supreme Court of India on Monday refused to grant interim bail to a former Catholic priest Robin Mathew convicted of raping and impregnating a minor girl. The convict was asked to move to Kerala High Court after he had approached the SC for bail on the ple
Read More
Chinese-Canadian pop idol Kris Wu may get life imprisonment in rap
Updated : 2 days, 22 hours ago IST
Beijing [China], August 1 (ANI): Chinese-Canadian pop idol Kris Wu will serve his sentence in China if convicted of multiple rape charges and will then be deported after serving his sentence, Global Times (GT) reported on Sunday.
Read More
Hong Kong activist handed 9-year jail term in first national secur
Updated : 5 days ago IST
Hong Kong, July 30 (ANI): A Hong Kong activist, who is the first person to be convicted under the contentious national security law, has been jailed for nine years on Friday.
Read More
Hong Kong court convicts man in first national security trial
Updated : 1 week, 1 day ago IST
Hong Kong, July 27 (ANI): A Hong Kong court on Tuesday found a man guilty in the city's first-ever trial under the Beijing-imposed national security law.
Read More
Batla House Encounter convict Ariz Khan awarded with death penalty
Updated : 1 week, 4 days ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): Ariz Khan, the convict of the Batla House encounter case has recently moved to Delhi High Court challenging the Death Penalty awarded to him by a Delhi trial court on March 15, 2021.
Read More
Sweden: Guards freed after hostage-taking by prison inmates
Updated : 1 week, 6 days ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], July 22 (ANI): Two prison guards who were taken hostage on Wednesday (local time) at a penitentiary outside the Swedish city of Eskilstuna by two convicted men of serious crimes have been freed, local media reported.
Read More
Harvey Weinstein extradited to California for further sexual assau
Updated : 2 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], July 20 (ANI): Disgraced Hollywood mogul and convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein, who is serving a 23-year sentence in New York for rape and sexual assault, has been extradited to California for sexual assault trial.
Read More
SC admits Bihar govt's appeal against acquitals of accused in 1999
Updated : 3 weeks, 1 day ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday admitted the appeal of the Bihar government challenging the Patna High Court's judgment which had set free 13 people convicted for the Senari massacre.
Read More
SC grants interim bail to 13 convicted prisoners jailed for 14 yea
Updated : 3 weeks, 6 days ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday granted interim bail to 13 convicted prisoners, keeping in view the fact that they were declared as juveniles by the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) at the time of the commission of the offence, had already served 14 years Jail sent
Read More
South African court to reconsider former president Jacob Zuma's co
Updated : 1 month ago IST
Cape Town [South Africa], July 4 (ANI/Sputnik): South Africa's Constitutional Court agreed to review former President Jacob Zuma's 15-month sentence at a new hearing later this month, Jeune Afrique reported.
Read More