Murder Convict Serving Life Sentence

A prisoner serving life imprisonment has escaped from the open jail of Yerawada Central Prison in Maharashtra's Pune city, police said on Tuesday.

Self-styled godman Shraddhananda, who is serving life sentence for the murder of his wife Shakereh Namazi, has moved the Supreme Court seeking released from prison like the convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.

The Uttarakhand High Court has allowed short-term bail to a man, who is serving a life sentence for killing his wife and chopping her body into 72 pieces in 2010.

A 35-year-old man serving a life sentence for murder in the central jail of this southern Pakistani city has been allowed to meet his mother after five years as a reward for being among the toppers in the intermediate exams for private students.

US real estate mogul Robert Durst, already serving a life sentence for killing his best friend, has been charged with his wife's 1982 murder, officials said Friday.

A high-security jail in Punjab witnessed the wedding of a murder convict with his finance on Wednesday. Authorities at Nabha maximum security jail also arranged a priest to solemnise the wedding of Mandeep Singh, who is serving a life sentence in a double murder case. This is the first time a marriage ceremony was organised inside the high security...

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.

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

BSP chief Mayawati today said the conviction in the Kathua gang rape-murder case will serve as a deterrent and prevent people from committing such heinous crimes. A court on Monday sentenced three men, including a temple caretaker, to life imprisonment for the gang-rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl in Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir shortly after c...

A Russian court on Monday found a former policeman guilty of 56 murders, while he is already serving a life sentence for killing 22 women, making him one of Russia's most prolific serial killers.

The killers in three high-profile murder cases in Delhi, who are serving life terms in jail, will not walk free, a board reviewing their sentences has decided. Manu Sharma, convicted for the murder of Jessica Lal, Santosh Singh, the killer of law student Priyadarshini Mattoo and Sushil Sharma -- who killed his wife Naina Sahni and tried to dispose ...

The Delhi High Court today granted interim bail for a month to former TV anchor and producer Suhaib Ilyasi, serving life term for killing his first wife 18 years ago, to take care of his ailing second spouse.

Kerala beedi tycoon Mohammed Nisham, serving a life sentence for killing a security guard in a fit of rage with his Hummer SUV, has been running his massive business empire from his cell in Kannur Central Jail, according to a complaint filed on behalf of his relatives.

The Maharashtra Home Department has suspended the then prison superintendent of Nashik prison for granting parole to convict Sajjad Mogul, who was serving life sentence in the sensational Pallavi Purkayastha murder case and later went missing.

In Karnataka, a theatre director based in Mysuru has been working with prisoners serving life sentences for the past 17 years. Part of the convicts' repertoire in dramatics is Maaranayaka, a Kannada adaptation of Shakespeare's famous play, Macbeth.

A prisoner serving life imprisonment has escaped from the open jail of Yerawada Central Prison in Maharashtra's Pune city, police said on Tuesday.

Self-styled godman Shraddhananda, who is serving life sentence for the murder of his wife Shakereh Namazi, has moved the Supreme Court seeking released from prison like the convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.

The Uttarakhand High Court has allowed short-term bail to a man, who is serving a life sentence for killing his wife and chopping her body into 72 pieces in 2010.

A 35-year-old man serving a life sentence for murder in the central jail of this southern Pakistani city has been allowed to meet his mother after five years as a reward for being among the toppers in the intermediate exams for private students.

US real estate mogul Robert Durst, already serving a life sentence for killing his best friend, has been charged with his wife's 1982 murder, officials said Friday.

A high-security jail in Punjab witnessed the wedding of a murder convict with his finance on Wednesday. Authorities at Nabha maximum security jail also arranged a priest to solemnise the wedding of Mandeep Singh, who is serving a life sentence in a double murder case. This is the first time a marriage ceremony was organised inside the high security...

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.

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

BSP chief Mayawati today said the conviction in the Kathua gang rape-murder case will serve as a deterrent and prevent people from committing such heinous crimes. A court on Monday sentenced three men, including a temple caretaker, to life imprisonment for the gang-rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl in Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir shortly after c...

A Russian court on Monday found a former policeman guilty of 56 murders, while he is already serving a life sentence for killing 22 women, making him one of Russia's most prolific serial killers.

The killers in three high-profile murder cases in Delhi, who are serving life terms in jail, will not walk free, a board reviewing their sentences has decided. Manu Sharma, convicted for the murder of Jessica Lal, Santosh Singh, the killer of law student Priyadarshini Mattoo and Sushil Sharma -- who killed his wife Naina Sahni and tried to dispose ...

The Delhi High Court today granted interim bail for a month to former TV anchor and producer Suhaib Ilyasi, serving life term for killing his first wife 18 years ago, to take care of his ailing second spouse.

Kerala beedi tycoon Mohammed Nisham, serving a life sentence for killing a security guard in a fit of rage with his Hummer SUV, has been running his massive business empire from his cell in Kannur Central Jail, according to a complaint filed on behalf of his relatives.

The Maharashtra Home Department has suspended the then prison superintendent of Nashik prison for granting parole to convict Sajjad Mogul, who was serving life sentence in the sensational Pallavi Purkayastha murder case and later went missing.

In Karnataka, a theatre director based in Mysuru has been working with prisoners serving life sentences for the past 17 years. Part of the convicts' repertoire in dramatics is Maaranayaka, a Kannada adaptation of Shakespeare's famous play, Macbeth.