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Premature release of prisoners: Delhi HC suggests reconstitution of Sentence Review Board, fine-tuning 2004 policy

June 12, 2025 5:29 pm

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the Sentence Review Board to consider the premature release plea of a convict serving life imprisonment for murder.

Bombay HC upholds life term to self-proclaimed tantrik convicted of raping six minor girls

March 03, 2024 7:00 am

The Court observed it is unfortunate reality that people knock on doors of so-called tantriks for solutions who take advantage of vulnerability and blind faith

Tripura man who beat wife to death while drunk gets life sentence

October 12, 2023 8:16 pm

Rakhel Munda hit Mani Munda on her head with a piece on wood and she suffered severe haemorrhaging and died on the spot, according to police.

Man gets death sentence for rape, murder of 11-yr-old girl in Surat

March 29, 2023 6:34 am

In the order, Special POCSO judge BG Golani mentioned,“Both the accused... have been found guilty and convicted under IPC sections 302, 376(2)(j), 376 (3), 376 (a), 376 (a)(b), 376 (d) (b), 342, 363, 201, 34 and 114, as well as different sections of the POCSO Act.”

Man gets life term for murder of AMU student

February 23, 2023 6:35 am

All accused were out on bail. Following Mazhar's death, a large-scale violence took place at the university.

Man sentenced to life imprisonment for mother-in-law’s murder

May 23, 2022 7:47 am

In October 2015, the Pune Rural police had arrested Umesh Tanaji Satpute, a resident of Satpute Vasti in Rajgurunagar for the murder of his mother-in-law Sharada Dattatray Gorde.

Gujarat court awards life sentence to man in rape-murder case; convict hurls footwear at judge

December 29, 2021 4:11 pm

The convict, a native of Madhya Pradesh, raped and murdered a five-year- old girl in April this year.

Bombay HC commutes life term of man accused of killing wife

September 26, 2021 8:48 pm

The court said that it cannot consider “offence devoid of emotion” and observed that the man could not be convicted for murder as he had lost his self-control and assaulted his wife in a fit of rage.

Life imprisonment sentence means rigorous imprisonment: Supreme Court

September 15, 2021 3:34 am

The ruling came on appeals against two judgments of the Gauhati and Himachal Pradesh high courts.

Convicted Greek terrorist ends 66-day hunger strike

March 15, 2021 10:46 pm

A jailed leftist Greek hit man has said he will end a hunger strike that has left him dangerously ill. Dimitris Koufodinas, who is serving several life sentences for murder, belonged to the November 17 guerrilla group.

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