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  RG Kar case hearing: CBI lawyer seeks capital punishment, accused says he is falsely implicated

  January 20, 2025 13:36 IST

  Sanjay Roy to be sentenced today following his conviction for the brutal assault and killing of 31-year-old trainee doctor, sparking national outrage and calls for increased security in medical institutions.

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  Delhi air killing us anyway, why death penalty: Nirbhaya convict's bizarre petition in SC

  India | December 10, 2019 20:18 IST

  ​One of the four men convicted in the 2012 Nirbhaya rape and murder has filed a petition in the Supreme Court appealing against his death sentence. In the plea, convict Akshay presented a series of bizarre claims.

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  Rajasthan’s ‘Jamai Raja’, who slept with 55 brides, dies a lonely death

  India | June 14, 2016 18:42 IST

  A man who slept with 55 brides before fleeing with their jewellery, died alone at the age of 54 in western Rajasthan’s Barmer district.

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  Gulbarg society massacre: Convict surrenders before SIT court

  India | June 13, 2016 16:45 IST

  A convict in the 2002 Gulbarg society massacre case, who had jumped the temporary bail granted to him in December last year, today surrendered before a special SIT court here.

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  Acquitted by SC after 11 years in jail, crowdfunding helps man reclaim life. Read how

  India | June 07, 2016 12:41 IST

  Adam was already shattered after an 11-year-long battle for justice until a hope arrived from the digital world in the form of ‘crowdfunding’

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  Dec 16 gangrape: Convicts get 10-yr jail in robbery case

  India | September 02, 2015 21:15 IST

  New Delhi: Four death row convicts in the December 16 gangrape and murder case were today awarded 10-year rigorous imprisonment in a separate robbery case by a Delhi court, which said they do not deserve

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  Pakistan executes death row convict

  World | May 12, 2015 10:36 IST

  Islamabad: A convict who had been on death row for 16 years was executed in Pakistan on Tuesday.Saulat Mirza, a murder convict, was hanged at Balochistan's Machh Jail, Dawn online reported.Sentenced to death in 1999,

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  Six held for attacking cops in bid to free convict

  India | March 23, 2015 8:01 IST

  New Delhi: Six persons have been arrested in a joint operation by Delhi and Haryana police after an alleged bid by them to free a convict in a murder case while he was being taken

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  Drunken driving: Man released on probation, asked to behave

  India | November 24, 2014 14:17 IST

  New Delhi: A Delhi court has released on probation a youth, who had been sentenced to a three-day jail term in a drunken driving case, while directing him to stay away from intoxicants especially while

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  Naroda Patia convict Bajrangi gets 5-day bail for treatment

  India | July 09, 2014 6:58 IST

  Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court yesterday granted temporary bail to VHP leader Babu Bajrangi, serving life  sentence in the 2002 Naroda Patia massacre case, to undergo treatment for an eye ailment.  Justice Anant S Dave

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  CBI arrests absconding fodder scam convict

  India | December 06, 2013 8:33 IST

  Ranchi:  Former regional director of Animal Husbandry Department K N Jha, who was convicted in a fodder scam case but was at large, was yesterday arrested by CBI sleuths in Ranchi.“K N Jha, one of

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  Take action against persons giving surety bail, says SC

  India | October 10, 2013 20:59 IST

  New Delhi: Due to increasing instances of convicts going underground, the Supreme Court today said  strict action should be taken against person giving surety for bail. It has become a routine for convicts disappearing after

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  Fodder Scam: Eight convicts get bail

  India | September 30, 2013 21:59 IST

  Ranchi: Eight fodder scam convicts, including an IAS officer and a former Bihar minister, who were sentenced up to three years rigorous imprisonment, by a special CBI court here today, were granted bail.  These eight

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  May hear plea after ordinance on convicted MPs, MLAs passed: SC

  India | September 27, 2013 16:26 IST

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court today made it clear that it may hear the plea against the proposed ordinance to protect convicted lawmakers from disqualification only after the law gets the nod from the President. In

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  Dec 16 gangrape convicts would have killed me too: Carpenter

  India | September 12, 2013 19:17 IST

  New Delhi: A man, who was allegedly robbed by the December 16 gangrape case convicts before they targeted the 23-year-old girl, today told a Delhi court that he too could have been killed if he

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  Shame! Deputy jailor in Faridabad brands Haryana Police logo on the back of convict

  India | September 10, 2013 16:07 IST

  Faridabad: A deputy jailor alongwith three policemen thrashed a convict  inside Faridabad jail and branded his back with the Haryana Police logo. The jail official did this because the convict refused to pay him Rs

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  SC dismisses Delhi blast convict Devinderpal Bhullar's review petition

  India | August 14, 2013 22:32 IST

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court today dismissed Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) terrorist Devinderpal Singh Bhullar's plea seeking a review of its verdict refusing to commute his death sentence to life imprisonment on the ground of

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  German Bakery blast: Convict wants fresh probe, trial

  India | August 13, 2013 23:21 IST

  Mumbai: Himayat Mirza Baig, death row convict of Pune's German Bakery blast, on Tuesday pointed out to the Bombay High Court discrepancies in separate investigations conducted by Maharashtra, Delhi and Bangalore police in the terror

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  SC grants formal stay on execution of Maganlal Barela, who beheaded his 5 daughters, documents sought

  India | August 08, 2013 18:06 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 8: The Supreme court today formally granted stay on the execution of Maganlal Barela in Jabalpur central jail, and sought all documents relating to the case to be submitted within two weeks.

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  German Bakery blast convict moves high court for fresh probe

  India | August 05, 2013 21:52 IST

  Mumbai, Aug 5: Alleged Indian Mujahiddeen operative Himayat Baig, sentenced to death after convicted for the blast in Pune's German Bakery, on Monday challenged his conviction and demanded fresh investigation into the case, his lawyer