Tag: Jail

Bhubaneswar/Balasore: A day after the shifting of the Dhalasamant brothers from Choudwar Circle Jail, security has been beefed up in Jharpada Special Jail in the capital city and the District Jail in Balasore. While Sushant Dhalasamant is lodged in Jharpada jail, his younger brother Sushil is lodged in Balasore District Jail. Talking about the security […]

New Delhi: A court here on Friday issued a production warrant against former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad and granted bail to his wife Rabri Devi, son Tejashwi Yadav and some others in connection with a 2006 IRCTC hotels maintenance contract case. The case relates to alleged irregularities in the allotment of contracts of two IRCTC […]

Bangkok: A Thai editor was released from prison on Monday after seven years of incarceration for two articles considered offensive to the monarchy, whose image is protected in the country under the lese majeste law. Somyot Prueksakasemsuk, 56, was jailed in 2011 after publishing two satirical texts in the now-shut down daily “Voice of Thaksin […]

  Ranchi: RJD supremo Lalu Prasad was on Saturday sentenced to three and a half years jail in a fodder scam case. Special CBI judge Shivpal Singh announced the sentence after hearing arguments on quantum of sentencing. He also slapped a Rs 5 lakh fine on the former Bihar Chief Minister. The court had on December […]

New Delhi: A Delhi court today sentenced gangster Abu Salem to seven years rigorous imprisonment for demanding Rs 5 crore as protection money from a Delhi-based businessman in 2002. Additional Sessions Judge Tarun Sehrawat passed the order after hearing arguments on sentence by the prosecution and defence lawyers. The court had convicted Salem in the […]

  Jodhpur: During the trial of self-styled godman Asaram, a prosecution witnesss had deposed to the court that the the former believed sexual exploitation of girls is not a sin for ‘Brahmgyani’ or a highly enlightened person. Asaram also used to take medicines to increase sexual prowess, said prosecution witness Rahul K Sachar, an Asaram’s […]

Baripada : A special court awarded here today two-year jail term to a former Social Education Organiser (SEO) for selling food items meant for infants and pregnant women in open market. Special Vigilance Court Judge Tara Prasad Rath also imposed a fine of Rs 2.5 lakh on SEO Ananda Chandra Nayak. Failure to pay the […]

A man was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by a local court for kidnapping and raping a 17-year-old about two and half years ago

New Delhi: A senior officer of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) was sent to seven years in jail by a court here for raping a woman by concealing his marital status and marrying her.

Bhubaneswar: Priyaranjan Naik alias Pintu from Daringbadi area of Kandhamal, arrested earlier this year for allegedly cheating several women on the pretext of marriage, has reportedly deceived many other women after being released from  jail. A woman who recently filed a complaint against the accused said: “After maintaining physical relationship and promising to marry me, […]