Uttar Pradesh’s mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed was convicted for the first time in a criminal career spanning 43 years. He has been sentenced to life imprisonment on March 28 by the Prayagraj Court. Within a month of the warning given by UP CM Yogi Adityanath, strict actions were taken against former Samajwadi Party MP Atiq Ahmed. While delivering speech at Assembly, CM Yogi on February 25 warned, “Mafiyaon ko mitti me mila denge”. He also alleged that the Samajwadi Party had been providing him protection despite being proven guilty.
29 March,2023 02:46 PM IST | Mumbai
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
Man sentenced to life imprisonment gets married in court. Video adapted from NDTV
26 January,2013 02:20 PM IST
The SIMI (Students Islamic Movement of India) terrorist Abu Faisal has been sentenced to life imprisonment in connection with the case of shooting an ATS jawan in 2009.
31 October,2015 08:06 PM IST
Public prosecutor in Uber rape case, Atul Srivastav on Tuesday informed the media said that convict Shiv Kumar Yadav had been given life imprisonment.
03 November,2015 08:06 PM IST
The three men who were convicted yesterday for gang-raping a woman, who they had abducted from Kolkata's Park Street in 2012, have been sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment.
11 December,2015 08:37 PM IST
The Gujarat High Court (HC) on Monday commuted death sentence of 11 convicts into life imprisonment in connection to the infamous 2002 Godhra riots case. In its ruling, the High Court also said that there was lapse on part of the Gujarat Government and Indian Railways authorities. In 2002, riots were triggered after over 50 people lost their lives when the S-6 coach of Sabarmati Express was torched at the Godhra Railway Station. In 2011, a Special Investigation Team had convicted 31 people under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections related to murder, attempt to murder and criminal conspiracy. It had acquitted 63. Out of these 31, 11 people were sentenced to death while remaining 20 were sentenced to life imprisonment
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