New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday ordered the immediate release of former Youth Congress leader Sushil Kumar Sharma, who is serving a life term in the 1995 murder of his wife Naina Sahni. A Bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal allowed the plea filed by[Read More…]
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Jharkhand to release 221 prisoners serving life term
Ranchi: The Jharkhand government on Monday decided to release 221 prisoners who have been serving life term and had spent more than 20 years in jail, said an official. The decision was taken during a meeting of a review committee headed by Chief Minister Raghubar Das. “Injustice should not be done[Read More…]
2009 Jigisha murder: Delhi High Court commutes death of two to life
The Delhi High Court on Thursday commuted the death sentence of two convicts to life imprisonment in the 2009 Jigisha Ghosh murder case. A division bench of Justice S. Murlidhar and Justice I.S. Mehta modified the death sentence awarded to Ravi Kapoor and Amit Shukla by the trial court and[Read More…]
Former TV host Suhaib Ilyasi gets life term for wife’s murder
A court on Wednesday awarded life imprisonment to former TV producer/host Suhaib Ilyasi for murdering his wife in 2000. Additional Sessions Judge S.K. Malhotra also slapped a fine of Rs two lakh on the convict and directed him to pay Rs 10 lakh to Anju Ilyasi’s family. On December 16,[Read More…]