Uttar Pradesh Jails

The Supreme Court Friday expressed dissatisfaction over an affidavit filed by the Uttar Pradesh government in a case and directed it to have a "correct format" of custody certificate which should be circulated to the concerned jail authorities.

A post-mortem report on Monday confirmed that the man allegedly killed in a clash between police and prisoners at the district jail had suffered a bullet injury.

A 5,000-page chargesheet by Uttar Pradesh Police against journalist Siddiqui Kappan, jailed last year when he was headed to report the Hathras gangrape case that had triggered nationwide shock and horror, has accused him of "trying to further the ter

The NHRC has sought a report from the Etah district police in Uttar Pradesh into a recent incident of alleged suicide by a minor boy after he was "sent to a jail as an adult" on charges of drug possession, officials said on Thursday.

Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan was questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money laundering case at Sitapur Jail in Uttar Pradesh where he is lodged, said ED officials.

Jails in Uttar Pradesh are no longer "fun" centres for criminals and they have turned into "reform homes" for them, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said today.

The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) today offered to field jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, hours after the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) denied a ticket to him.

Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has dropped jailed party MLA Mukhtar Ansari as a candidate for next year's state election, after years of betting on the controversial gangster-turned-politician.

A special court in UP's Mathura sentenced a man to life imprisonment till last breath for kidnapping and raping his stepdaughter, saying he deserved no leniency as he was the custodian of the girl, a minor when the incident happened 8 years ago.

A gangster was found dead in his cell in Delhi's Tihar Jail. Prison authorities found Ankit Gujjar dead at jail number 3 this morning. He was in Uttar Pradesh's list of most-wanted and had a Rs. 1.25 lakh bounty set by UP Police.

A professor, who allegedly made derogatory remarks against Union Minister Smriti Irani on Facebook, was sent to jail after he surrendered in a court in Uttar Pradesh's Firozabad.

After his arrest, Ritik Malik told Ghaziabad police that he had made a mistake and now wanted to lead a normal life

The Special Task Force (STF) of the Uttar Pradesh Police has arrested the driver of the ambulance which was used to ferry gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari from a Punjab jail to a Mohali court recently, officials said on Wednesday.

The Bharatiya Janata Party should change its candidate for the post of the zila panchayat chairman in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh, as he is "very close" to rape accused and jailed former MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, the Unnao rape survivor said.

An undertrial has escaped from Uttar Pradesh's Banda jail where gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari is also lodged, police said on Monday.

The Supreme Court Friday expressed dissatisfaction over an affidavit filed by the Uttar Pradesh government in a case and directed it to have a "correct format" of custody certificate which should be circulated to the concerned jail authorities.

A post-mortem report on Monday confirmed that the man allegedly killed in a clash between police and prisoners at the district jail had suffered a bullet injury.

A 5,000-page chargesheet by Uttar Pradesh Police against journalist Siddiqui Kappan, jailed last year when he was headed to report the Hathras gangrape case that had triggered nationwide shock and horror, has accused him of "trying to further the ter

The NHRC has sought a report from the Etah district police in Uttar Pradesh into a recent incident of alleged suicide by a minor boy after he was "sent to a jail as an adult" on charges of drug possession, officials said on Thursday.

Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan was questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money laundering case at Sitapur Jail in Uttar Pradesh where he is lodged, said ED officials.

Jails in Uttar Pradesh are no longer "fun" centres for criminals and they have turned into "reform homes" for them, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said today.

The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) today offered to field jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, hours after the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) denied a ticket to him.

Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has dropped jailed party MLA Mukhtar Ansari as a candidate for next year's state election, after years of betting on the controversial gangster-turned-politician.

A special court in UP's Mathura sentenced a man to life imprisonment till last breath for kidnapping and raping his stepdaughter, saying he deserved no leniency as he was the custodian of the girl, a minor when the incident happened 8 years ago.

A gangster was found dead in his cell in Delhi's Tihar Jail. Prison authorities found Ankit Gujjar dead at jail number 3 this morning. He was in Uttar Pradesh's list of most-wanted and had a Rs. 1.25 lakh bounty set by UP Police.

A professor, who allegedly made derogatory remarks against Union Minister Smriti Irani on Facebook, was sent to jail after he surrendered in a court in Uttar Pradesh's Firozabad.

After his arrest, Ritik Malik told Ghaziabad police that he had made a mistake and now wanted to lead a normal life

The Special Task Force (STF) of the Uttar Pradesh Police has arrested the driver of the ambulance which was used to ferry gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari from a Punjab jail to a Mohali court recently, officials said on Wednesday.

The Bharatiya Janata Party should change its candidate for the post of the zila panchayat chairman in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh, as he is "very close" to rape accused and jailed former MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, the Unnao rape survivor said.

An undertrial has escaped from Uttar Pradesh's Banda jail where gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari is also lodged, police said on Monday.