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"Free Convicts Who Have Served Fixed Terms": Key Verdict On Life Imprisonment
Convicts who have completed prison terms must be released immediately, a Supreme Court bench of Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice KV Vishwanathan said Tuesday, and directed all states and union territories to complly with the order.
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Man Gets 20-Year Jail Term For Raping Step-Daughter
A Delhi court has sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping his teen stepdaughter, observing there was no straitjacket formula for sentencing.
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"Public Interest": Court Stays Scientist's Jail Term In Wife's Suicide Case
The Uttarakhand High Court has stayed the conviction and five-year rigorous imprisonment of a vaccine scientist who was found guilty of abetting his wife's suicide.
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Devendra Fadnavis Defends Public Security Bill, Warns Urban Naxals Of Arrest
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has made it clear that the Special Public Security Bill is not for taking action against those who criticise the government, but warned that those who act like urban Naxals will be arrested under it.
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Prosecutors Seek Substantial Prison Term For Sean 'Diddy' Combs As They Oppose Bail
Prosecutors said they now expect music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs could face a prison sentence "substantially higher" than the four to five years they once thought he was likely to face after his conviction on two prostitution-related charges.
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Top Court Extends Vikas Yadav's Interim Bail By A Month In Nitish Katara Murder Case
The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended by four weeks the interim bail granted to Vikas Yadav, undergoing a 25-year jail term in the 2002 Nitish Katara murder case, to attend to his ailing mother.
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"As International Students Or...": Canada Sentences 2 Indians To Jail For Hit And Run Case, Face Deportation
Two international students from India have been sentenced to three years in prison and will possibly be deported after they serve the term after they killed an indigenous man last year in a hit and run case in Surrey, Canada.
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Indian-Origin Man Gets Life Term For Child's Rape In London
A 24-year-old Indian-origin man has been jailed for life following what Scotland Yard described as a "significant" police investigation into an attempted rape and rape of a child in London.
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92-Year-Old UK Man Jailed For Life Over 1967 Rape And Murder
A 92-year-old British man was on Tuesday jailed for life for a 1967 rape and murder, in the UK's oldest solved cold case.
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Vietnam Tycoon's Jail Term Reduced To 7 Years In $146 Million Fraud Case
A Vietnamese appeal court on Thursday slashed a former property and aviation tycoon's jail sentence in a $146 million fraud and stock market manipulation case from 21 years to seven.
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Rickshaw Puller, 74, Gets 20-Year Jail Term For Sexually Assaulting Minor Girls In Delhi
A court here has sentenced a 74-year-old rickshaw puller to rigorous imprisonment of 20 years for committing sexual assault on two minor girls, aged six and seven years, in 2021.
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US Woman, Sisters Jailed For Plotting Son-In-Law's Murder With Drugs Over Custody Dispute
Her sisters, Judy Owen and Mitzy Smith, were also convicted for their roles in the plot, which was exposed when the hired hitwoman turned to the FBI.
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32-Year-Old Kerala Man Gets Life Term For Raping Speech-Impaired Minor Girl
A Kerala court has sentenced a 32-year-old man to life in jail till his death for raping a minor speech-impaired girl near her residence in this hill district four years ago.
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2 Pak Men Remain In Telangana Jails After Home Country Refuses To Take Them
Two Pakistani nationals, who completed their prison terms, are under detention in Telangana jails for several years pending their deportation, as the neighbouring country has refused to accept them as citizens, officials said.
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Pakistani Nationals Failing To Leave India Face 3 Years Jail Term, Rs 3 Lakh Fine
Any Pakistani, who fails to leave India as per the deadlines set by the government, will be arrested, prosecuted and may face a jail term of up to three years or a fine of a maximum Rs 3 lakh or both.
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"Free Convicts Who Have Served Fixed Terms": Key Verdict On Life Imprisonment
Convicts who have completed prison terms must be released immediately, a Supreme Court bench of Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice KV Vishwanathan said Tuesday, and directed all states and union territories to complly with the order.
-
Man Gets 20-Year Jail Term For Raping Step-Daughter
A Delhi court has sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping his teen stepdaughter, observing there was no straitjacket formula for sentencing.
-
"Public Interest": Court Stays Scientist's Jail Term In Wife's Suicide Case
The Uttarakhand High Court has stayed the conviction and five-year rigorous imprisonment of a vaccine scientist who was found guilty of abetting his wife's suicide.
-
Devendra Fadnavis Defends Public Security Bill, Warns Urban Naxals Of Arrest
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has made it clear that the Special Public Security Bill is not for taking action against those who criticise the government, but warned that those who act like urban Naxals will be arrested under it.
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Prosecutors Seek Substantial Prison Term For Sean 'Diddy' Combs As They Oppose Bail
Prosecutors said they now expect music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs could face a prison sentence "substantially higher" than the four to five years they once thought he was likely to face after his conviction on two prostitution-related charges.
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Top Court Extends Vikas Yadav's Interim Bail By A Month In Nitish Katara Murder Case
The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended by four weeks the interim bail granted to Vikas Yadav, undergoing a 25-year jail term in the 2002 Nitish Katara murder case, to attend to his ailing mother.
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"As International Students Or...": Canada Sentences 2 Indians To Jail For Hit And Run Case, Face Deportation
Two international students from India have been sentenced to three years in prison and will possibly be deported after they serve the term after they killed an indigenous man last year in a hit and run case in Surrey, Canada.
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Indian-Origin Man Gets Life Term For Child's Rape In London
A 24-year-old Indian-origin man has been jailed for life following what Scotland Yard described as a "significant" police investigation into an attempted rape and rape of a child in London.
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92-Year-Old UK Man Jailed For Life Over 1967 Rape And Murder
A 92-year-old British man was on Tuesday jailed for life for a 1967 rape and murder, in the UK's oldest solved cold case.
-
Vietnam Tycoon's Jail Term Reduced To 7 Years In $146 Million Fraud Case
A Vietnamese appeal court on Thursday slashed a former property and aviation tycoon's jail sentence in a $146 million fraud and stock market manipulation case from 21 years to seven.
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Rickshaw Puller, 74, Gets 20-Year Jail Term For Sexually Assaulting Minor Girls In Delhi
A court here has sentenced a 74-year-old rickshaw puller to rigorous imprisonment of 20 years for committing sexual assault on two minor girls, aged six and seven years, in 2021.
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US Woman, Sisters Jailed For Plotting Son-In-Law's Murder With Drugs Over Custody Dispute
Her sisters, Judy Owen and Mitzy Smith, were also convicted for their roles in the plot, which was exposed when the hired hitwoman turned to the FBI.
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32-Year-Old Kerala Man Gets Life Term For Raping Speech-Impaired Minor Girl
A Kerala court has sentenced a 32-year-old man to life in jail till his death for raping a minor speech-impaired girl near her residence in this hill district four years ago.
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2 Pak Men Remain In Telangana Jails After Home Country Refuses To Take Them
Two Pakistani nationals, who completed their prison terms, are under detention in Telangana jails for several years pending their deportation, as the neighbouring country has refused to accept them as citizens, officials said.
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Pakistani Nationals Failing To Leave India Face 3 Years Jail Term, Rs 3 Lakh Fine
Any Pakistani, who fails to leave India as per the deadlines set by the government, will be arrested, prosecuted and may face a jail term of up to three years or a fine of a maximum Rs 3 lakh or both.
