40-year-old Bhavesh Patel, man who was sentenced life imprisonment for alleged involvement in the 2007 Ajmer dargah blast, was welcomed and hailed with full honour on his home return to Bharuch after he was granted bail by Rajasthan High Court last week. Patel was granted life imprisonment along with Devendra[Read More…]
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1993 Mumbai blast: Abu Salem, Karimullah Khan get life imprisonment
The Terrorist and Disruptive Activity (TADA) court on Thursday sentenced convicts Abu Salem and Karimullah Khan to life imprisonment in the 1993 Mumbai blast case. The other two convicts, Tahir Merchant and Feroz Khan were awarded death sentence by the court. Convict, Riyaz Siddiqui was sentenced to 10 years in[Read More…]
Apex court demands Mallya’s presence to proceed in contempt case
The Supreme Court on Friday considered the Centre’s submission that proceedings to extradite businessman, Vijay Mallya, is going on in London and said the contempt case against him would proceed only when he is produced before it. A bench comprising Justices A K Goel and U U Lalit took note[Read More…]
Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: Frustrated over ‘very long’ jail-term, convict seeks mercy killing
Robert Payas, one of the convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case wrote to Tamil Nadu government seeking mercy killing. He said he should be killed on grounds of mercy and his body should be sent to his family. “Payas has petitioned the government through the Puzhal prison authorities,” said[Read More…]