Jail
- India
UP: SP leader Azam Khan gets 2 years in jail in model code violation case
Rampur: A court in Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur sentenced Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan to two years of imprisonment on Saturday, May 16, in a case related to objectionable remarks made against…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad man lands in jail for harassing actress near Charminar
Hyderabad: A 40-year-old man landed in jail for allegedly harassing an actress near Charminar in Hyderabad. The incident took place when the actress arrived in the area during her visit to the…
- India
Youth gets five-year jail term for sexually harassing 14-year-old girl
Thane: A special POCSO court in Thane has sentenced a 21-year-old man to imprisonment for five years for sexually harassing and threatening a teenage girl after befriending her on social media while…
- Pakistan
Imran Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi seeks suspension of sentence on medical grounds
Islamabad: Bushra Bibi, the wife of Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan, is seeking suspension of the sentence in the Al-Qadir Trust case on medical grounds, according to local media reports. An…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad police nab escaped undertrial prisoner
Hyderabad: The Charminar Task Force and Hussaini Alam Police nabbed an undertrial prisoner who escaped from police custody during a medical checkup in Hyderabad. The accused, who is identified as 26-year-old Ghantasala…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad man sentenced to 20 years in jail in rape attempt case
Hyderabad: A court has sentenced a man from Madhapur, Hyderabad, to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment in a rape attempt case, which was registered in 2018. The man who is identified as…
- India
Man sentenced to death for rape, murder of 8-year-old girl in Prayagraj
Prayagraj: A court here has sentenced a man to death for raping and killing an eight-year-old girl in 2024, officials said on Tuesday, March 31. In the verdict pronounced on Monday, Additional…
- India
Jail doesn’t absolve husband’s duty to pay wife maintenance: Allahabad HC
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has said that a husband cannot escape his responsibility to pay maintenance to his wife and children even if he has already served a jail term for…
- Telangana
Telangana to free 102 life-term prisoners, rights group seeks faster action
Hyderabad: A prominent human rights organisation has praised the Telangana government’s decision to release 102 life-term prisoners ahead of schedule, but called on authorities to move faster and stick to legally mandated deadlines.…
- Pakistan
Imran Khan reports vision loss in jail, alleges health care denial
Islamabad: Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan is reportedly facing a loss of vision in his right eye and has complained about denial of health services in jail while showing satisfaction…
- World
Man gets 15 yrs in jail for plot to kill Iranian American journalist
New York: A federal judge gave a would-be assassin the maximum 15 years in prison Wednesday, January 28, for plotting to kill an Iranian American writer on behalf of Tehran after hearing…
- India
Gujarat fisherman dies in Pakistan jail 3 years after sentence ends
Ahmedabad: A fisherman from Gujarat captured in 2022 by Pakistani agencies after inadvertently crossing the international boundary line died in a Karachi jail on January 16, even as he completed his sentence…
- India
Escaped jail inmate recaptured after encounter in UP’s Kannauj: Police
Kannauj: An inmate who had escaped from the Kannauj district jail earlier this month was arrested on Sunday, January 18, after he was injured in a police encounter, a senior police officer…
- India
Thane court acquits man in wife’s murder case over lack of proof
Thane: A Thane court has acquitted a 32-year-old man accused of murdering his wife in 2021, noting that the prosecution failed to prove “foundational facts” necessary to establish guilt in a case…
- India
Jailed Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim again granted 40-day parole
Chandigarh: Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who is serving a 20-year jail term for raping two of his disciples and is lodged in the Sunaria jail in Haryana’s Rohtak,…
