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Undertrial need not cut hair grown for religious purposes: Madras High Court
August 27, 2026 1:06 pm
The direction came after the undertrial’s mother referred to his religious faith and the prison rules, and alleged that he was being forced to cut his moustache and tonsure his head.
Karnataka High Court lets murder accused register property from inside jail
July 06, 2026 1:41 pm
Basavaraj Shankrappa Avvannavar, accused of murdering his mother-in-law and attempting to kill his wife, has been lodged in Dharwad Central Prison since February 2025.
Undertrial prisoner who escaped from Delhi Police custody arrested with pistol and cartridges
June 15, 2025 4:42 pm
The 23-year-old man, who had been lodged in Tihar Jail, managed to flee when he brought to Delhi's Amar Colony police station for questioning.
Explained: Supreme Court ruling on relaxing bail provision for first-time offenders to apply retrospectively
August 27, 2024 3:16 pm
The order could have a major impact on India’s undertrial prisoners. According to the latest available data from the NCRB’s 2022 report on prison statistics, India’s 1,330 prisons have a 131.4% occupancy. Of the 5,73,200 prisoners, around 75% are undertrials.
Physically producing undertrial prisoners to courts cumbersome, enhance video-conferencing facilities: HC to govt
December 01, 2023 10:27 pm
The HC had asked Advocate Satyavraj Joshi, appointed as amicus curiae in the matter along with Assistant Public Prosecutor Y M Nakhwa to visit the Arthur Road Jail and Taloja Jail and submit a report on VC facilities.
‘Stripped, beaten’ in prison: Two Gurdaspur jail undertrials submit complaint
June 17, 2020 10:29 pm
The undertrials, Sajad Hussain and Irshad Ahmad, have alleged continuous harassment inside the prison on account of their religious identity. The jail superintendent however, denied the allegations.
Undertrial shot on court premises
September 07, 2014 2:15 am
The undertrial was a resident of Wazidpur village in Baghpat and had 19 cases against him.
Man killed in Indore hospital, but he may not have been target
July 22, 2014 12:53 am
Wearing an apron, the killer walked unchecked into the third-floor surgical ward of M Y Hospital and pilled the trigger on Ramdayal.
Undertrial arrested for smuggling ganja into jail
August 29, 2013 3:13 am
Yerawada police arrested a 30-year-old undertrial prisoner for trying to smuggle ganja inside Yerwada Central Prison Tuesday
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