Jail Term
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Sheikh Hasina sentenced to 6 months in prison by International Crimes Tribunal
World | Jul 02, 2025, 11:44 PM ISTEarlier in June, the ICT formally charged Sheikh Hasina with crimes against humanity related to her alleged role in orchestrating a brutal crackdown on nationwide protests during July and August 2024.
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Gujarat: Digambar Jainmuni Shantisagar Maharaj sentenced to 10 years in jail for rape of 19-year-old
Gujarat | Apr 05, 2025, 07:44 PM ISTThe prosecution had sought a life sentence for him, highlighting the mental and physical trauma the victim underwent after being raped by someone her family revered.
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Gujarat High Court sentences four cops to 14-day jail for contempt of court linked to THIS case
Gujarat | Oct 19, 2023, 05:49 PM ISTThe chargesheet was filed against them after they were identified and their involvement was detailed in a report prepared by Chief Judicial Magistrate Kheda following an investigation into the matter.
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Azam Khan might lose his MLA seat after getting 3 years jail term in 2019 hate speech case
India | Oct 28, 2022, 12:19 PM ISTAzam Khan news: The SP leader can lose his MLA post because as per the 2013 Supreme Court judgment if an MLA, MLC or MP is convicted in a criminal case and gets jailed for a minimum of two years then he/she loses membership of the house with immediate effect.
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Government proposes 5-year jail for ads promoting magic remedies
India | Feb 07, 2020, 08:12 AM ISTThe Health and Family Welfare Ministry has proposed the draft amendment to the Drugs and magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements Act, 1954), with a stringent punishment of a jail term of up to five years and a fine of up to Rs 50 lakh for advertisements for magic remedies and drugs for fair skin, enhancing sexual performance, stammering, infertility in women, premature ageing and greying, increasing brain capacity among others.
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HC upholds man's 10-yr jail term for raping 4-yr-old girl
India | Jun 07, 2019, 08:26 PM ISTThe Delhi High Court has upheld the 10-year jail term of a man for raping and sodomising a four-year-old girl known to him, observing that perpetrators of sexual offences on innocent children are "psychosocial deviants" who do not deserve any leniency.
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Coalgate: Ex-coal secy HC Gupta, 2 officials sentenced to 3-yr jail term, granted bail
India | Dec 05, 2018, 11:43 PM ISTThey were later granted statutory bail as the jail term was below four years.
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Govt mulling six-month jail term for those abandoning elderly parents
India | May 12, 2018, 11:39 AM ISTThe Narendra Modi government is planning to increase the jail term for those who abandon or abuse their elderly parents, to six months from the existing three months, according to a senior official.
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RJD chief Lalu Yadav convicted in four cases of Fodder scam so far: Here is all you need to know
India | Mar 25, 2018, 12:02 AM ISTPrasad, who has been serving prison term in Birsa Munda Jail in Ranchi since December 23 last year, is currently undergoing treatment at the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) due to chest pain and discomfort.
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Man gets 7-year jail term for sexually abusing minor girl
India | Feb 18, 2018, 02:37 PM ISTAccording to the prosecution, Ashok Kumar Das (26) of Renupada village under Basta police station lured a minor girl of the same village to a secluded place and sexually assaulted her.
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SC awards 20-year jail term to rebel in mass killings case
India | Mar 04, 2014, 11:27 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court today commuted the death sentence of a militant who was involved in the 1997 mass killing at Jarulbachai village in Tripura in which 15 people were shot dead and four
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UK court warns Sikh woman in Birmingham not to sleep with mentally disabled husband, else face jail term
World | Aug 08, 2013, 06:41 AM ISTLondon, Aug 8 : In what is believed to be the first ruling of its kind in the UK, an Indian woman who had an arranged marriage with a mentally disabled British Sikh man has
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YSR Congress leader Jagan completes a year in jail
National | May 27, 2013, 12:34 PM ISTHyderabad, May 27: YSR Congress party chief Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, or Jagan as he is popularly called, Monday completed one year in jail in a disproportionate assets case. The member of parliament from Kadapa was
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Former DIG, his CA get five years' jail term in bribery case
India | Apr 10, 2013, 06:06 PM ISTMumbai, Apr 10: A former Deputy Inspector General of Police was today sentenced to five years' imprisonment by the special Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) court here for taking bribe from a junior officer for protecting him
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Rape law ordinance : 3 to 7 years jail for hiring domestic maid brought through trafficking
India | Feb 03, 2013, 09:17 AM ISTNew Delhi, Feb 3: The anti-rape law ordinance on the verge of being promulgated by the President also has a provision for a jail term of three to seven years, if one hires a domestic
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SC Upholds Pereira's Conviction, Jail Term
India | Jan 12, 2012, 03:45 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jan 12: The Supreme Court today upheld the conviction and three years jail term given to Mumbai businessman Alastair Pereira for mowing down seven persons by his speeding car in 2006.A bench headed
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Lindsay Lohan Begins Jail Term
Hollywood | Jul 21, 2010, 02:16 PM ISTWhisked away to a women's jail in an unmarked sheriff's car after a brief hearing, actress Lindsay Lohan reported on Tuesday for a 90-day sentence that she is likely to serve in isolation, and which