Tag: Lifer

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to release 33 prisoners serving life terms in various jails in the State following approval of the the State Sentence Review Board. The remission of the sentences has been done based on the behaviour and conduct of the convicts during their stay in the jail. The released prisoners include […]

Rourkela: The Rourkela Additional Sessions Judge today awarded life sentence to two persons after they were convicted in the gruesome murder of five youths including son of one of the convicts. The convicts have been identified as Akshaya Kumar Swain (75) and his accomplice Phuljam Soren. The spine-chilling incident took place on December 28, 2010, […]

Malkangiri: The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge today awarded life imprisonment to two persons, including a woman Maoist, in connection with the abduction of former Malkangiri collector R Vineel Krishna on February 16, 2011. The court awarded life sentences to Tapan Shah and M Divya. While Shah is a government servant, Divya is […]

Berhampur: A court in Berhampur today awarded life imprisonment to 19 persons in connection with the murder of a resident of Phulata village of Ganjam district in 2007. The Additional District Judge-I Sanjay Kumar Sahu pronounced the quantum of punishment. The case pertained to the murder of Maheswar Sasmal of Phulata village during a group […]

Bhopal: A local court has handed life sentence to a 62-year-old former peon in the Bhopal district collectors office, Babulal Sunahre for trying to sell government land worth over Rs 200 crore through fake lease deeds. Special judge Sanjeev Pande on Saturday also imposed a fine of Rs 4 lakh on Babulal while sentencing Babulal’s […]