Jail
- India
SC quashes POCSO case against man using extraordinary power
New Delhi: Invoking its extraordinary authority under Article 142 of the Constitution, the Supreme Court has quashed the conviction of a man sentenced under the POCSO Act after noting that the victim…
- India
HC restores special facilities for Asaram in jail
Jaipur: The Rajasthan High Court has directed the Jodhpur Central Jail administration to continue providing special medical and support facilities to self-styled godman Asaram, including alkaline water, outside food, a separate bed,…
- India
Man jailed for ‘objectionable remarks’ against PM Modi
Sultanpur: A man was arrested and sent to jail for allegedly circulating objectionable remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on social media, police said on…
- World
Indian national living illegally in US held by federal authorities
New York: An Indian national, who entered the US illegally, has been arrested by authorities for allegedly assaulting another person with a baseball bat. Dhaval Amratbhai Patel was initially arrested by the…
- India
Singapore court sentences Byju’s founder Raveendran to 6 months in jail
New Delhi: Edtech firm Byju’s founder Byju Raveendran has been sentenced to six months in jail by a Singapore court for contempt after allegedly failing to comply with multiple court orders related…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad court sends man to jail for misbehaving with woman
Hyderabad: A court in Hyderabad sentenced a 24-year-old man to five days in jail for misbehaving with a woman and creating a public nuisance. The incident took place in the area that…
- India
Muzaffarnagar man gets life term for murdering ‘lover’
Muzaffarnagar: A local court here convicted a man and sentenced him to life imprisonment for murdering a 25-year-old woman after she married another man, officials said on Friday, May 22. Additional District…
- 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…
