Life Sentence
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Delhi court sentences man to life term for raping, impregnating minor: 'Very scary'
Delhi | Apr 18, 2025, 08:29 PM ISTA 45-year-old man sentenced a man to rigorous life imprisonment for raping and impregnating a 16-year-old girl.
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'Stuff of nightmares': US man gets 226 years in jail for killing 2 women, filming torture of victim
World | Jul 13, 2024, 04:27 PM ISTBrian Steven Smith received two life sentences for killing Kathleen Henry and Veronica Abouchuk in 2019. He was identified when authorities inspected the gruesome torture video and recognised his distinctive South African accent.
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West Bengal govt considers premature release of 63 life convicts in view of Covid-19
India | Aug 03, 2021, 07:15 AM ISTPremature release of 61 male life convicts, aged more than 60 years of age, and 2 female life convicts, aged more than 55 years of age has been approved by the Bengal govt.
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Four members of family sentenced to life imprisonment for killing man
Crime | Mar 21, 2021, 09:01 AM ISTMathura court on Saturday sentenced four members of a family to life imprisonment for killing a 28-year-old man in November 2011.
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Uttar Pradesh: 6 get life term for abducting boy in 2005
India | Dec 20, 2020, 02:50 PM ISTA court in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia district sentenced six people to life imprisonment for abducting a six-year-old boy 15 years ago.
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Supreme Court to decide if states can free life-term convicts before 14 years
India | Jul 17, 2020, 07:19 PM ISTCan a state government frame a policy, irrespective of the gravity of the crime committed, for the release of a life-term convict prematurely before completing 14 years in jail? The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Chief Justice to constitute a Constitution Bench to consider this issue.
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Monkey to serve life term in captivity for biting people
India | Jun 16, 2020, 11:48 AM ISTEver heard of a monkey being given a life sentence. The Kanpur zoo has a monkey that will remain behind the bars for all its life. The monkey, named 'Kalua', is a native of Mirzapur district. He has bitten over 250 persons in Mirzapur, of whom one died.
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After life sentence, Kuldeep Sengar cries inside courtroom with daughter, sister
India | Dec 20, 2019, 03:19 PM ISTExpelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar broke down in the courtroom at Tis Hazari District Court complex after he was sentenced to life imprisonment on Friday in the 2017 Unnao rape case.
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Life sentence for crushing man under BMW wheels
India | Nov 20, 2019, 06:54 PM ISTThe court held him guilty under Sections 302 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code on Monday. It also imposed Rs 3 lakh fine on him.
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Jharkhand: Woman gets life sentence for killing 2 boys for stealing food
Crime | Sep 08, 2019, 01:34 PM ISTA Jharkhand court has given life sentence to a middle-aged woman for poisoning two boys to death for stealing food. The incident had occurred in Dumka district five years ago.
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Army court gives Major General, 6 others life sentence in 24-year-old fake encounter case
India | Oct 14, 2018, 11:35 PM ISTThe soldiers killed five of the youths in a fake encounter, branding them as ULFA militants a few days after the incident, while releasing the other four.
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Australia offers jail fees for death row duo in Indonesia
World | Mar 12, 2015, 09:12 AM ISTSydney: Australia refuses to give up hope that two of its nationals sentenced to death in Indonesia will be spared and has offered to pay the costs of the convicts' life sentences in jail, if
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China gives 'life sentence' to Uighur scholar for separatism
World | Sep 24, 2014, 10:46 AM ISTBeijing: A life sentence given to a moderate Chinese scholar on Tuesday shows the ruling Communist Party is cutting off dialogue on ethnic tensions and could end up radicalizing minority groups already resentful of central
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Bo Xilai appeals against his life sentence conviction
World | Sep 23, 2013, 09:58 PM ISTBeijing: China's disgraced former Communist Party leader Bo Xilai today appealed against his life sentence conviction on three counts, including corruption. The move came a day after a court in eastern China sentenced Bo to
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Bombay HC confirms life sentence to man, mother in dowry death case
India | Jun 19, 2013, 04:17 PM ISTMumbai, Jun 19: In a case of dowry death, the Bombay High Court has confirmed the life sentence awarded to a man and his mother for the murder of the former's wife. The duo were
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HC quashes life sentence in murder case,gives 8 yrs to convict
India | May 07, 2013, 02:00 PM ISTMumbai, May 7: Hearing an appeal, the Bombay High Court has quashed and set aside a judgement of a lower court which had awarded life sentence to a man in 2008 for killing his brother
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SC upholds life sentence to four persons in 1984 anti-Sikh riots
India | Apr 10, 2013, 09:00 PM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 10: The Supreme Court has upheld the life sentence awarded to four persons for burning two men to death during 1984 anti-Sikh riots.A bench of justices P Sathasivam and M Y Eqbal
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Headley may dodge life sentence for Mumbai attack
World | Jan 24, 2013, 12:39 PM ISTChicago, Jan 24: Pakistani-American David Headley, a key plotter in the deadly 2008 Mumbai terror attack staged by Pakistan based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), may avoid life imprisonment when a US court sentences him Thursday.Citing
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Doctors administer oxygen to Mubarak overnight
World | Jun 07, 2012, 09:09 PM ISTCairo, Jun 7: Hosni Mubarak's condition has deteriorated so much that doctors at the Cairo prison where he is serving a life sentence had to constantly administer oxygen to him overnight, security officials said Thursday.The
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Egyptians protest against 'light' sentence given to Mubarak
World | Jun 03, 2012, 05:48 PM ISTCairo, Jun 3: Thousands of Egyptians hit the streets in Cairo and occupied the iconic Tahrir Square overnight against the “light” sentence given to ousted President Hosni Mubarak for complicity in the killing of protesters