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Punjab and Haryana High Court clears cops convicted for prisoner escape, blames state

April 07, 2026 12:46 pm

While acquitting the police officials, the Punjab and Haryana High Court blamed the state for not providing basic necessities such as official vehicles, firearms, and wireless sets.

Ordering urgent release of 76-year-old ill convict, Rajasthan High Court says such confinement is ‘antithetical to dignity’

February 27, 2026 4:16 pm

Rajasthan High Court News: The petitioner’s counsel submitted before the Rajasthan High Court that the convict suffers from chronic heart and kidney ailments, besides other health issues.

Pakistani returns home after 18 years of U.S. detention in Guantanamo prison camp

October 29, 2022 10:22 pm

This is the latest release from the prison camp set up following a U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in pursuit of the al Qaeda network behind attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people in New York, the Pentagon and rural Pennsylvania on Sept. 11, 2001.

Murder convict serving life sentence dies by suicide in Yerawada jail

March 26, 2022 7:28 am

He was serving a life term for murdering his wife and two children in Virar in 2010. A court had awarded life imprisonment to him in this case in 2011.

With a warning, HC grants temporary bail to prisoner to seek private opinion on cancer treatment

March 20, 2022 9:42 pm

The court directed the petitioner to inform the investigating authorities about the details of the expert he wishes to consult, stating that the same should be from Mumbai.

Undertrial prisoner escapes from jail van on way to Haryana court

April 12, 2016 6:20 am

Police said an internal inquiry has been initiated and a head constable and a constable have been suspended.

Escape of undertrial prisoner: Norms not followed in ferrying Dabas

April 12, 2016 6:21 am

In the wake of the murders, the Delhi Police had decided to deploy “young” and “well-built” personnel in the vans to accompany undertrial prisoners being ferried from the jail to court and back.

Prisoner falls sick in jail, dies in hospital

March 13, 2016 12:00 am

A 24-year-old man lodged at Arthur Road Jail passed away in hospital after falling ill on Friday.

Prisoner kills inmate,hurts one in Nashik

October 17, 2013 5:02 am

Both prisoners sustained serious injuries and were rushed to Nashik civil hospital.

Prisoner in US calls 911 to report own escape

September 28, 2013 1:17 am

People:A cross-country trip transporting prisoners turned wild when two of them stole the van with eight inmates

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