Kapurthala Jail

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  "Not Guilty": Supreme Court Acquits Man On Death Row After 11 Years In Jail

  The Supreme Court in an important judgment today set aside the death sentence of Baljinder Kumar from Kapurthala, who has been in jail for over 11 years in murder cases of his wife, two toddlers and sister-in-law.

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  "Lemon Scam" In Punjab Prison, Officer Suspended

  A jail officer in Punjab has been suspended over allegations of misusing funds allocated for inmates' diet, including a charge of adding fake entries for purchase of lemons.

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  Punjab Jail Warden Arrested For Selling SIM Cards To Inmates: Police

  A warden of Punjab's Kapurthala "modern" jail was arrested for allegedly running a racket of selling SIM cards to jail inmates in collusion with two city residents with criminal history, the police said on Thursday.

• Former Punjab minister Bibi Jagir Kaur released from jail

  Former Punjab minister Bibi Jagir Kaur was released from the jail in Kapurthala on Friday evening after she was granted bail by the Punjab and Haryana High court.

• Former Punjab minister, Bibi Jagir Kaur, gets bail

  Senior Akali leader and former Punjab minister Bibi Jagir Kaur was granted bail by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in Chandigarh today.

• After four months in jail, former Punjab minister Jagir Kaur given parole

  After spending only four months in jail, former Punjab cabinet minister Jagir Kaur has been given parole for four weeks. Ms Kaur is serving a five-year sentence at the Kapurthala Central Jail in Chandigarh for forcing her daughter Harpreet Kaur to abort - who later died under mysterious circumstances.

• Ex-minister Bibi Jagir Kaur, in prison, serves as chief guest

  Former Punjab Cabinet Minister Bibi Jagir Kaur continues to wield political power even as a prisoner of law. Ms Kaur, who is serving a five-year sentence at the Kapurthala Central Jail in Chandigarh for forcing her daughter Harpreet Kaur to abort - who later died under mysterious circumstances - was found honouring the Inspector General, Prisons, i...

• Punjab man headed for Greece lands in Pakistan jail

  Jatinder Singh's dream of a better life in Greece has left him languishing in a Pakistani jail for some time now, his family has claimed. Singh, originally from Kapurthala in Punjab, had gone to Abu Dhabi two-years ago for a job where he came in contact with some people who promised to take him to Greece for work, his grandfather told PTI.

• Inquiry ordered into alleged VIP treatment given to Jagir Kaur at Kapurthala jail

  Amid reports that VIP facilities including an LCD TV were being provided to Bibi Jagir Kaur, lodged in Theh Kanjla Jail in Kapurthala in connection with the abduction case of her daughter, a top Punjab Prisons official today ordered an inquiry into it.

• Bibi Jagir Kaur is an inmate, Kapurthala jail gets LCD TV and dish antenna

  Hardly a few hours after her conviction and arrest on Friday evening last week, former Punjab Cabinet Minister Bibi Jagir Kaur continued to wield political power even as a prisoner of law.

• Day after jail term, Bibi Jagir Kaur's village observes bandh

  Yet to come to terms with the conviction of Punjab Minister and senior Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bibi Jagir Kaur, residents of her native Begowal village in the district observed a shutdown today.