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Saravana Bhavan Founder, Serving Life Term, Dies In Chennai Hospital

India News | Written By J Sam Daniel Stalin, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday July 19, 2019

P Rajagopal, the owner of the Saravana Bhavan chain of restaurants has died a week after he surrendered at the Madras High Court to start a life term for the 2001 kidnapping and murder of an employee.

Kerala Man Gets 3 Life Terms For Rape, Murder Of 7-Year-Old Niece In 2017

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday July 17, 2019

A 25-year-old man, who brutally raped and murdered his seven-year-old niece on September 27, 2017 has been sentenced to three life sentences today, besides 26 years of rigorous imprisonment.

Ex-Gujarat BJP Lawmaker Given Life Sentence For RTI Activist's Murder

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday July 11, 2019

A Special CBI Court in Gujarat's Ahmedabad on Thursday sentenced former BJP lawmaker Dinu Bogha Solanki from Gujarat's Saurashtra and six others to life imprisonment for the murder of RTI activist Amit Jethwa in July 2010.

Oxygen Mask On, Saravana Bhavan Founder Surrendered To Serve Life Term

India News | Reported by Ashish Bhargava, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Wednesday July 10, 2019

Rajagopal had been granted bail by the Supreme Court in 2009 but had to surrender by July 7. He moved the Supreme Court on Monday, saying he had been hospitalised and needed more time

Saravana Bhavan Founder Seeks Delay To Life Sentence For Murder

India News | Agence France-Presse | Monday July 8, 2019

The founder of a trailblazing restaurant chain sentenced to life for murder launched a Supreme Court appeal to delay the beginning of his term on Monday, citing ill-health.

Indian Toddler, Killed In US, Could Resurrect, Thought Foster Father

Indians Abroad | Press Trust of India | Sunday June 30, 2019

The Indian-American foster father of Sherin Mathews, sentenced to life after pleading guilty to a lesser charge, told jurors that he was not ready to believe that the toddler was dead and thought that if her body was buried near their home, she might come back to him, much like Lazarus, resurrected in the Bible.

Indian-American Foster Father Gets Life In Jail For Death Of Toddler Sherin Mathews

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday June 27, 2019

Wesley Mathews, the Indian-American foster father of three-year-old Sherin Mathews, was sentenced to life by a judge in Dallas on Wednesday for the tragic death of the Indian toddler in 2017, in a case that attracted international attention.

Germany's Serial Killing Nurse Appeals Life Sentence For 85 Murders

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday June 11, 2019

Germany's most prolific serial killer in the country's post-war history has appealed his life sentence for 85 murders, a district court said today.

3 Guilty Of Kathua 8-Year-Old's Rape, Murder Get Life Sentence: 10 Facts

India News | Reported by Nazir Masoodi, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday June 10, 2019

Three men will spend life in jail for an eight-year-old girl's gang-rape, torture and killing in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua last year, a case that shocked and disturbed the entire country with the sheer depravity of it. Three more including two policemen held guilty of destroying evidence will serve five years in jail and have been fined. The girl'...

German Nurse Who Killed 85 Patients In His Care Sentenced To Life

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday June 6, 2019

A German nurse believed to be the most prolific serial killer in the country's post-war history was handed a life sentence Thursday for killing 85 patients in his care.

Pakistan's Army General Given Life Sentence On Spying Charges

World News | Reuters | Thursday May 30, 2019

Pakistan's army has sentenced a general to life imprisonment for spying and ordered the death penalty for a brigadier and a civilian officer convicted in the same case, a military statement said on Thursday.

Four Men Get Life Sentence In Bihar For Killing Cook

Cities | Press Trust of India | Friday May 17, 2019

Four people, including three brothers, were on Thursday sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Bettiah, Bihar, for beating a worker to death when he asked for his payment.

US Couple Get Life In Jail For Torturing, Abusing Their 12 Children

World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday April 20, 2019

A California couple were handed life sentences Friday after admitting to imprisoning and torturing 12 of their 13 children in a grisly "House of Horrors" case that shocked the world.

Supreme Court Confirms Life Term For Saravana Bhavan Owner In Murder Case

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Debjani Chatterjee | Friday March 29, 2019

The owner of Saravana Bhavan chain of hotels, P Rajagopal, has been ordered by the Supreme Court to surrender. The top court today upheld the conviction and life sentence of Rajagopal for the murder of an employee of Saravana Bhavan,who was working the hotel group, in 2001.

Jailed UP Gangster Treats Cops To Drinks, Escapes On Way Back From Court

Meerut News | Edited by Debjani Chatterjee | Friday March 29, 2019

A dreaded criminal, Badan Singh, serving life sentence, escaped on Thursday after allegedly entertaining police personnel in a hotel where alcohol was served. Six policemen and three others were arrested said the police at Meerut in Uttar Pradesh.