A Kabul-found flight took off from Leipzig in the early hours of Friday with 28 convicted criminals onboard after secret talks with Qatar. Germany had halted deportations to Taliban in 2021, but reversed the decision after a couple of knife attacks that killed several people.
The Thanjavur special court also imposed a fine of Rs 6,54,000 on him. Additionally, the court ordered him to pay Rs 4 lakh to each minor victims. He used to trap children below the age of 12 years.
Bilkis Bano case: The matter seeking an extension of time was mentioned before a bench of Justices BV Nagarathana and Sanjay Karol today which asked the Registry to place the plea before CJI.
The Gujarat government had released the 11 convicts, who were sentenced to life imprisonment, on August 15, 2022. All the convicts in the case were released as per the state's remission policy.
Talking about the brutal killing of Krishnaiah in 1994, G Uma Krishnaiah said her husband was killed for no fault of his.
This will be for the first time when four convicts will be hanged together in India. The four men -- Mukesh Singh, Pawan Gupta, Vinay Sharma, and Akshay Kumar Singh -- are set to be hanged at 5.30 am in Delhi's Tihar jail on Friday.
Breaking News: A Delhi court on Friday stayed the February 1 execution of convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case. According to the order, the execution cannot take place till the next court order.
An advocate appearing for three of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case moved to Delhi court on Friday alleging that the Tihar jail authorities are not handing over certain documents and this is causing delay in filing their mercy and curative petitions.
Convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case are not just delaying the execution process but also costing the authorities a fortune. A sum of Rs 50,000 is being spent every day on the four convicts.
A Delhi court today issued fresh death warrants for all the four convicts in the Nirbhaya rape and murder case. The court quashed the earlier death warrant scheduled for January 22. According to the new death warrant, the four convicts -- Mukesh, Pawan, Akshay, Vinay -- will be hanged on February 1 at 6 am.
Nirbhaya's rapists would not be hanged on January 22 as mercy petitions continue to delay the process.
Convicts in the Nirbhaya rape and murder case are nearing their end. During their stay at Tihar jail, the convicts appeared for exams and also did chores, earning prison wages up to Rs 1,37,000. According to Tihar jail sources, convicts Akshay Kumar Singh, Pawan Gupta, and Vinay Sharma did labour work.
Tihar jail seems to be preparing for the hanging of four convicts in the Nirbhaya rape case. As per sources, the jail authorities are readying new gallows frame and making other preparations for the hanging of convicts.
The decision was taken in a meeting between the convicts and their lawyers in Tihar Jail on Friday, after the Tihar jail administration issued a notice to all four on October 28 saying that they had seven days to file a mercy petition to the President.
On May 21, 1991, former PM Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated at Sriperumbudur by an LTTE woman suicide bomber, Dhanu, at an election rally. Fourteen others, including Dhanu herself, were also killed.
Nirbhaya gang-rape verdict| The Supreme Court on Monday reaffirmed its verdict upholding the death sentence to four convicts who gang-raped and murdered Nirbhaya.
Sinha has stoked a controversy by felicitating the convicts, with opposition terming it a "despicable" and "unfortunate" act.
The former BJP leader and Union minister said that he did not approve of his son's action.
Here is a brief insight into what roles did the five convicts – Abu Salem, Karimullah Khan, Tahir Merchant, Firoz Khan and Riyaz Siddhiqui -- play in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to two top Karnataka prison officials taking cognisance of a complaint about alleged torture and transfer of 32 convicts serving terms in the Central Prison
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