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Hisar (Haryana), April 10 After being granted bail by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in a 2014 violence case, controversial preacher Rampal walked out of a jail in this district of Haryana after more than 11 years.Rampal's family and lawyers were present at the jail to receive him.Police...

Pratapgarh (UP), April 10 An undertrial prisoner, who was being held in the district jail here in connection with a rape case, is alleged to have died by suicide on Friday, police said."Prima facie, the incident appears to be a case of suicide. The inmate suffered severe burn injuries within...

Bahraich (UP), April 7 A court here has sentenced two British nationals to six months' imprisonment for illegally entering India from Nepal, officials said on Tuesday.Chief Judicial Magistrate Pratibha Chowdhry also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on each of the convicts on Monday.In case of...

Sultanpur (UP), April 7 An inmate at the district jail here is alleged to have died by suicide, officials said on Tuesday.Jail Superintendent Omkar Pandey said the inmate, Nakchhed Kori (48), hanged himself to death using a plastic rope in the jail toilet around 1:30 am.Kori, a resident of...

Ballia (UP), April 6 A local court on Monday sentenced a man to 25 years of rigorous imprisonment in connection with a six-month-old case of kidnapping and rape of a 16-year-old girl.The court of Additional District Judge (POCSO) Pratham Kant also imposed a fine of Rs 35,000 on the accused...

Hyderabad, April 6 Telangana Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla inaugurated the 'NIVRUTTI' de-addiction center at the Cherlapalli central prison on Monday, calling it a commendable initiative.Addressing the gathering, the governor noted that substance abuse has emerged as a serious social and public...

Budaun (UP), April 4 A court here on Saturday sentenced a man to life in prison for the murder of his nephew in a seven-year-old case, officials said.Additional District and Sessions Judge (Court Number 1) Rinku Kumari pronounced the verdict, holding the accused, Shahid, guilty of murder...

Madurai (Tamil Nadu), April 2 A district court on Thursday deferred the announcement of the sentence for nine police personnel convicted in the sensational 2020 Sathankulam custodial death case, in which a father and son died while in police custody, to April 6.Madurai First Additional...

Dharwad (Karnataka), March 30 A case has been registered against a man in jail here in connection with a POCSO case, alleging that he harassed the victim through video calls from inside the prison. A senior official said this on Monday.The case was registered on March 14, the official said...

Bengaluru, March 29 Three prison officials have been suspended in connection with videos allegedly recorded and released by under-trial prisoners from inside Parappana Agrahara Central Prison, officials said on Sunday.In the videos that were released by a news portal, the prisoners purportedly...

Mathura (UP), March 26 A 57-year-old inmate died after allegedly attempting suicide inside a cell at the Mathura district jail early Thursday, a senior official said.Jail Superintendent Anshuman Garg said the incident occurred at 2 am when the inmate, Suresh, went to use the washroom inside...

Mathura, March 26 – An undertrial prisoner in a district jail in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, died by suicide after allegedly being distressed over not being granted bail, officials said on Thursday.The prisoner succumbed to his injuries during treatment, causing panic among the jail administration...

Indore, March 24 Narayan Sai, the convict in a rape case and son of jailed self-proclaimed godman Asaram Bapu, appeared before a family court in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, on Tuesday, under tight security, where he recorded his statement in the divorce case filed by his wife.Narayan Sai is...

Lahore, March 23 Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, who is currently in prison, underwent a third eye procedure on Monday for a condition affecting his right eye, according to hospital authorities.According to a report submitted to the Supreme Court in January, 73-year-old Khan was...

Madurai, March 23 A local court here on Monday found all nine accused police officers guilty in the case of custodial torture of a man and his son, which led to their deaths in Sathankulam, Thoothukudi district in 2020.Judge G Muthukumaran of the First Additional District and Sessions Court...

Lahore, March 23 Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, who is currently in prison, accused judges in the country on Monday of "selling their souls for personal gain," saying that he and his wife are not receiving justice from the courts.Khan, 73, has been in prison since August 2023 and...

Ballia (UP), March 21 A local court has sentenced five members of a family, including the husband and in-laws, to 10 years in prison for killing a woman over dowry demands two years ago, officials said on Saturday.District government counsel Sanjeev Singh said that the court of District Judge...

Thane, March 19 A court in Maharashtra's Thane district has sentenced two men to life imprisonment for the murder of a fruit seller in the Mira Road area in 2017 over a monetary dispute.Additional Sessions Judge D S Deshmukh also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh each on the accused duo, Sunilkumar...

Jodhpur, March 14 Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk was released from Jodhpur central jail on Saturday after the Union government decided to revoke his detention with immediate effect.Wangchuk was detained on September 26 last year under the National Security Act (NSA) pursuant to an order...

Thrissur (Kerala), March 13 A 49-year-old man was sentenced to life imprisonment by a Kerala court on Friday for repeatedly sexually assaulting a minor girl during her school holidays in 2019, police said.The Chavakkad Fast Track Special Court sentenced Unnimon, also known as Vinod, to life...