Jail
- 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,…
- India
Unnao rape case: Plea filed in SC against suspension of Sengar’s jail term
New Delhi: A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging a Delhi High Court order suspending the jail term of expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the 2017 Unnao…
- Hollywood
Doctor to be sentenced for selling Matthew Perry ketamine before ‘Friends’ star’s overdose death
Los Angeles: A doctor who pleaded guilty to selling ketamine to Matthew Perry in the weeks before the “Friends” star’s overdose death is set to be the first of five people sentenced…
- World
Imran Khan’s son demands proof of life amid death rumours
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s younger son, Kasim Khan, has urged authorities to provide proof of life, claiming his father is being held in a death cell with no transparency over…
