Tag: Convicts

Srinagar’: Observing “when a woman is ravished, what is inflicted is not merely physical injury but the deep sense of some deathless shame”, Additional Sessions Court Handwara on Wednesday convicted an accused in a sexual assault case on a minor and sentenced him to ten years imprisonment besides levying ...

ISLAMABAD —  A court in Pakistan sentenced former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife to seven years in prison Saturday after finding them guilty of a marriage law violation in 2018. The disputed ruling ahead of national elections on Thursday marked the third conviction against Khan this week ...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani court convicted former Prime Minister Imran Khan of revealing official secrets on Tuesday and sentenced him to 10 years — the latest in a slew of legal cases that supporters say are meant to sideline the imprisoned former cricket star just days ahead of ...

GODHRA: All 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case have surrendered at the Godhra sub jail in Gujarat’s Panchmahal district in keeping with the deadline set by the Supreme Court. The 11 convicts surrendered before jail authorities late Sunday night, local Crime Branch inspector NL Desai said. “They reached ...

New Delhi: Eleven convicts in the case of gangrape of Bilkis Bano and the murder of seven of her family members during the 2002 riots in Gujarat will have to surrender on January 21 as the Supreme Court on Friday dismissed their plea seeking an extension of time to ...

New Delhi, Jan 18: Three convicts in the case of gangrape of Bilkis Bano and murder of seven of her family members during the 2002 riots in Gujarat moved the Supreme Court on Thursday seeking extension of time to surrender.The top court on January 8 ...

Conveying its displeasure over the time being taken by the Delhi government in deciding the remission pleas of 114 life convicts, including a Jaish-e-Mohammed militant, the Supreme Court has asked the Lieutenant-Governor to take a decision in two weeks. Justice A S Oka, presiding over a two-judge bench, said ...

In advance of elections, Pakistan’s Supreme Court lifts a ban on people with convictions holding political office.Pakistan’s Supreme Court has scrapped a lifetime ban on politicians with convictions holding office. This is welcome news for former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who can now run again, but not for jailed ...

New Delhi: Accusing the Gujarat government of abusing its power, the Supreme Court on Monday quashed the remission to 11 men convicted of gangraping Bilkis Bano and murdering seven of her family members during the 2002 riots and ordered that they be sent back to jail within two weeks.The ...

Srinagar: A fast track court on Saturday convicted a man of murdering his wife 12 years ago in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district.The court of Additional Sessions Judge (fast track), Budgam, held Mushtaq Ahmad Pandith alias Bilal guilty of murdering his wife Sameera Jan in May 2011 in their ...