Prayagraj MP-MLA Court sentenced mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed to life imprisonment. Court also imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on gangster Atiq Ahmed in 2007 Umesh Pal kidnapping case. The Court convicted Atiq Ahmed, and prime accused Dinesh Pasi and Khan Saulat Hanif in the case. However, Umesh Pal’s family members demanded the death sentence for Atiq Ahmed. Meanwhile, Atiq’s brother Ashraf Ahmed and seven others were acquitted by the Prayagraj Court. Umesh Pal, the prime witness in the 2005 murder of BSP MLA Raju Pal, was murdered on Feb 24. Ahmed is also an accused in the 2005 murder case of BSP MLA Raju Pal.
28 March,2023 10:11 PM IST | Mumbai
On Friday, Supreme Court released six convicts involved in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. Nalini Sriharan, one of the six convicts, talks to the press after her release.
13 November,2022 03:20 PM IST
The Congress party has said that the Supreme Court’s order releasing all six convicts serving life imprisonment in connection with the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case is “totally unacceptable and completely erroneous”. Watch senior members of the partys’ response to the order.
13 November,2022 03:18 PM IST
The Supreme Court on Friday ordered premature release of six convicts including Nalini Sriharan – who were serving life sentences in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. They served 31 years in jail. Convicts R P Ravichandran, Santhan, Murugan, Robert Payas and Jayakumar were also ordered to be released.
12 November,2022 05:15 PM IST | Mumbai
17 Yerawada Open Prison inmates practise for week, put up play called Sangharsh dealing with circumstances that push man to crime.Sangharsh, a play staged yesterday at the Bharat Natya Mandir, was the official entry from the Yerawada Open Jail for the Rajya Natya Spardha, a state-level drama competition. The actors were murder convicts. Story & Video By - Kaumudi Gurjar,Mid-Day,Pune
17 November,2010 09:27 AM IST
A chief judicial magistrate's court today convicted 11 of the 16 people accused of assaulting and molesting a girl in public outside a pub in Guwahati on July 9. They are yet to be sentenced. Video courtesy: NDTV
07 December,2012 08:24 PM IST
A day after alleging that Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon is being hanged only because he belongs to a particular religion, AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi said that he is not against the Supreme Court's order.
24 July,2015 12:04 PM IST
In a setback to the Central government, the Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the curative petition demanding death sentence of 3 convicts- Murgan, Santhanam, Periwalan- in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.
29 July,2015 01:55 PM IST
In 2006 Mumbai blast case, Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court sentenced five of the twelve convicts to death on Wednesday. The remaining seven were handed life imprisonment.
30 September,2015 03:02 PM IST
Lawyer Vikram Singh Chauhan, who was present in the group that assaulted Jawaharlal University Student's Union president Kanhaiya Kumar at the Patiala House Courts on Wednesday, said that immense publicity is portraying anti-national students as national heroes.
19 February,2016 02:19 PM ISTADVERTISEMENT
