Search Results for Tag : Imprisonment

International Cases

A curfew enforced by electronic tagging, clocking in and clocking out, and arrest or imprisonment for breach was a “classic detention or confinement”(12.02.2020)

Present case is about the meaning of imprisonment at common law and whether it should, or should not, now be aligned with the concept of deprivation o.....

Tags : False imprisonment, Compensation, Legality

Imposition of a life sentence is not to be departed from ‘lightly and for flimsy reasons which could not withstand scrutiny’(14.03.2024)

The order of the high court was substituted with an order dismissing the appeal against the sentence imposed by the regional court, and reinstated the.....

Tags : Life imprisonment, Imposition, Legality

Judgments

In a non-compoundable offence, compromise entered into between parties is a relevant circumstance for Court to consider quantum of sentence(22.07.2019)

Present appeal arises out of judgment passed by the High Court by which the High Court has acquitted Accused-Ranjit Singh from the charges by giving h.....

Tags : Offence, Compromise, Imprisonment, Reduction

Multiple life imprisonment sentences to not run consecutively(01.01.1900)

A constitution bench of the Supreme Court held that though multiple sentences for life imprisonment can be awarded for multiple crimes, the same canno.....

Tags : murder, sentence, life imprisonment, consecutive

SC reverses High Court’s premature release of TADA convict(29.06.2016)

The Supreme Court reproached the Punjab and Haryana High Court for assuming “power on the basis of individual perception or notion” in light of its fa.....

Tags : tada, life imprisonment, amnesty

News

Bombay HC Orders Release of Man Sentenced to Over 83 Years Imprisonment(20.07.2023)

Bombay High Court while observing that if a man is made to undergo imprisonment for an excessive period, it would lead to a travesty of justice, has o.....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Imprisonment, Excessive Period

Kar. HC Issues Guidelines on Civil Imprisonment for Willful Contempt of Court Orders(24.07.2023)

Karnataka High Court has issued guidelines to be followed while ordering civil imprisonment to an accused for willful contempt of court orders under O.....

Tags : Karnataka High Court, Guidelines, Civil Imprisonment, Contempt

Calcutta HC Suspends Sentence of Imprisonment of Convicts on Grounds of Hearing of Appeal(20.10.2021)

Calcutta High Court has suspended the sentence of imprisonment imposed on two convicts on the ground that there lies no possibility of their appeals b.....

Tags : Calcutta High Court, Sentence of Imprisonment of Convicts

SC: Can ‘Rigorous’ Be Added By Courts When They Award Life Imprisonment?(21.12.2016)

Supreme Court has agreed to examine the question whether Courts are statutorily empowered to make life imprisonments tougher for convicts by adding ‘r.....

Tags : Supreme Court, life imprisonments, rigorous

Supreme Court: Life Sentence Means Imprisonment Till End of Life(28.12.2016)

Supreme Court has refused to dilute its zealously adhered principle, ‘life sentence means imprisonment till the end of life’, and rejected a plea for .....

Tags : Supreme Court, Life Sentence, Imprisonment

Delhi HC Junks Law on Imprisonment for Disobeying Public Servants(25.01.2016)

Delhi High Court has junked a British-era criminal law designed to put agitators/protesters behind bars for long if they disobey public servants.

Tags : Delhi High Court, Law on Imprisonment for Disobeying Public Servants

Kerala Court Sentences Three Accused After They Plead Guilty in Kalamassery Bus Burning Case(02.08.2022)

Kerala Court has sentenced Thadiyantavida Nazeer, a suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba operative, and his accomplice to 7 years of rigorous imprisonment in the.....

Tags : Kerala Court, Bus Burning, Imprisonment

P&H HC: A Convict has No Inherent Right to Claim Premature Release(13.09.2023)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that a convict serving life imprisonment has no inherent right to claim premature release as life imprisonment .....

Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Premature Release, Life Imprisonment

Bombay HC Provides Relief to Woman Convicted for Killing Lover(18.02.2016)

Bombay HC, while deciding case of a woman-convict who in her 20s, set her boyfriend on fire for refusing sex, has commuted her life imprisonment to a.....

Tags : Bombay HC,life imprisonment

Bombay HC Sentences Man to Life Term for Raping his Daughter, Sodomising Son(23.02.2016)

Bombay HC has upheld life imprisonment of a 37-year old man from Karve Nagar for repeatedly raping his nine-year-old daughter and sodomising his 12-ye.....

Tags : Bombay HC, life imprisonment

Telangana HC Quashes and Set Aside Order Awarding Imprisonment of 6 Months to Top Officials(24.08.2021)

Telangana High Court has quashed and set aside a single judge order awarding six-month simple imprisonment to six top officials and imposing Rs. 2,000.....

Tags : Telangana High Court, Imprisonment of 6 Months to Top Officials

Trial Court Can’t Order Accused to Undergo Life Term Beyond 14 Yrs Without Chance for Remission: DHC(03.04.2018)

Delhi High Court has said that the trial court cannot order an accused to undergo life imprisonment for a certain number of years beyond 14 years with.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Life Imprisonment

P&H HC: Court can Impose Composite Civil Imprisonment in Case of Default in Payment of Maintenance(22.11.2021)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has observed that in the exercise of its powers under Section 125(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, a court ca.....

Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Composite Civil Imprisonment

Muzaffarnagar Riots Case: Special Court Sentences BJP MLA Vikram Saini to 2 Yrs. in Prison(12.10.2022)

Special court in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffar Nagar district has sentenced BJP MLA Vikram Saini, and 10 others to 2 years in imprisonment in connection wi.....

Tags : Special Court, Muzaffarnagar Riots, Imprisonment

SC: Appeal Against Composite Sentence of Imprisonment and Fine Does Not Abate on Death of Accused(22.01.2020)

Supreme Court has observed that, if the Accused-Appellant dies during the pendency of a criminal appeal against a composite sentence of imprisonment a.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Appeal against Composite Sentence of Imprisonment and Fine

Supreme Court Sentences Man Who Murdered His Wife Life Imprisonment(27.01.2020)

Supreme Court has awarded a life sentence to a man who had his wife murdered eighteen years ago, two days after taking a life insurance policy in her .....

Tags : Supreme Court, Murder,Life Imprisonment

Odisha POCSO Court Sentences Man to 20 Years Rigorous Imprisonment for Rape of 10 Year Old(01.11.2022)

Odisha POCSO Court has convicted a man and sentenced him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for twenty years in a 2018 rape case which took place in the.....

Tags : Odisha POCSO Court, Rape, Rigorous Imprisonment

Bengaluru Court Awards 5 Year Jail Term to Student Who Celebrated Pulwama Attack(01.11.2022)

Bengaluru Court has sentenced a 21-year-old engineering student to 5-Year imprisonment for Celebrating the Pulwama Attack by posting derogatory commen.....

Tags : Bengaluru Court, Pulwama Attack, Imprisonment

Guj HC: Don’t Casually Authorize Detention in Offences With Imprisonment Less Than 7 Years(20.09.2022)

Gujarat High Court has held that where offence is punishable with imprisonment for a term which may be less than seven years or which may extend to se.....

Tags : Gujarat High Court, Detention, Imprisonment

Bombay HC: Half of Life Imprisonment is 10 Years for POCSO Offences(27.09.2022)

Bombay High Court has sentenced a convict to one half of life imprisonment under the POCSO Act, who will have to undergo a sentence of 10-years. The C.....

Tags : Bombay High Court, POCSO, Life Imprisonment

CRIMINAL - Death Sentence Only When Life Term is Inadequate: SC(13.03.2019)

Supreme Court, while commuting death sentence awarded to a man convicted for rape and murder of a five year old girl, has observed that death sentence.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Life Imprisonment, Death Sentence

Kerala Court Sentences Temple Priest to Life Imprisonment for Rape of 13Yr Old Stepdaughter(12.02.2021)

Kerala Court convicts a temple priest for sexually harassing his step-daughter for over a year. It also said “If the guardians of wards behave in thi.....

Tags : Kerala Court, Life Imprisonment

Rajasthan HC: Magistrate Empowered to Sentence Defaulter to Separate Terms of Imprisonment(06.12.2021)

Rajasthan High Court has held that a Magistrate is empowered under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 to pass separate sentences over.....

Tags : Rajasthan High Court, Separate Terms of Imprisonment

Delhi HC Sentences Man To 5 Years In Jail For Sexual Assault Of 4-Year-Old(17.10.2022)

Delhi High Court has sentenced the man to five years rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a four-year-old minor victim.

Tags : Delhi High Court, imprisonment, sexually, minor

SC Stays Order Sentencing Major General of Indian Army to Civil Imprisonment(19.03.2021)

Supreme Court has stayed the execution of an order sentencing a Major General of Indian Army and Defence Estates officers to civil imprisonment for 2 .....

Tags : Supreme Court, Major General of Indian Army, Civil Imprisonment

Telangana High Court Orders Imprisonment of Two Collectors and RDO(05.03.2021)

Telangana High Court has sentenced Sircilla Collector D. Krishna Bhaskar, the then Joint Collector (now Collector of Wanaparthy) Yashmin Basha and Lan.....

Tags : Telangana High Court, Imprisonment of Two Collectors and RDO

Bombay HC Reduces Life Sentence of Man Who Killed Wife in Sudden Quarrel Over Improperly Cooked Meat(08.12.2022)

Bombay High Court while reducing the sentence of a man who killed his wife over improperly cooking meat, has held that it was a case of sudden quarrel.....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Life Sentence, Rigorous Imprisonment, Wife, Sudden Quarrel

CRIMINAL - Sessions Court can't Award Sentence Between 'Life Imprisonment' & 'Death Sentence': Karnataka HC(29.03.2019)

Karnataka High Court has held that a Sessions Court can only award either life imprisonment or death sentence in a murder case, and has no power to in.....

Tags : Karnataka High Court, Life Imprisonment, Death Sentence

CRIMINAL - Sessions Court can't Award Sentence Between 'Life Imprisonment' & 'Death Sentence': Karnataka HC(29.03.2019)

Karnataka High Court has held that a Sessions Court can only award either life imprisonment or death sentence in a murder case, and has no power to in.....

Tags : Karnataka High Court, Life Imprisonment, Death Sentence

CRIMINAL - Probation Benefit can't be Extended to a Convict Punished with Life Imprisonment: SC(30.03.2019)

Supreme Court has observed that benefit of Probation of Offenders Act cannot be extended to an accused convicted for an offence punishable with life i.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Life Imprisonment, Offenders Act

Gujarat Court Sentences Asaram Bapu to Life Imprisonment in Disciple Rape Case(01.02.2023)

Gujarat Court, Gandhinagar has sentenced Godman Asaram to life imprisonment in connection with a case in which he was convicted for repeatedly raping .....

Tags : Gujarat Court, Life Imprisonment, Asaram, Rape

Madhya Pradesh HC Commutes Life Imprisonment to 7 Years in Murder Case(16.09.2016)

Madhya Pradesh HC has commuted to seven years jail term life imprisonment awarded to a man for murder of a ten-year-old boy, holding that it was a cul.....

Tags : Madhya Pradesh HC , Murder Case, Commute , life imprisonment

Karnataka High Court Affirms Life Imprisonment to Advocate Who Killed a Fellow Woman Lawyer in Court(17.05.2019)

Karnataka High Court has upheld the verdict of the lower court whereby the latter had convicted Advocate S. L. Rajappa, who had killed a fellow lady a.....

Tags : Karnataka High Court, Life Imprisonment

Gujarat Court: Problems On Earth Will Be Solved the Day Cow Slaughter Is Stopped(23.01.2023)

Gujarat Court while sentencing 22-year-old man to life imprisonment for illegally transporting cattle from the state of Maharashtra, has recently said.....

Tags : Gujarat Court, life imprisonment, cow

Calcutta HC Commutes Death Penalty of Man Convicted for Murdering Parents(27.03.2023)

Calcutta High Court while observing that the case does not fall within the purview of rarest of rare case, has commuted the death sentence of a man wh.....

Tags : Calcutta High Court, Death Penalty, Remission, Life Imprisonment

Kerala HC: Imprisonment in Default of Fine Awarded in Multiple Cases Can’t Run Concurrently(30.03.2020)

Kerala High Court has held that the imprisonment in default of payment of fine awarded on an Accused in a case cannot be directed to run concurrently .....

Tags : Kerala HC, Imprisonment

UP Court Sentences Sandeep Sisodia to Life Imprisonment in Hathras Case(03.03.2023)

UP Court, Hathras has sentenced Sandeep Sisodia to life imprisonment for Gang Rape and Murder case concerning a 19 year old Dalit Girl. Accused was co.....

Tags : UP Court, Hathras Case, Culpable Homicide, Rape, Life Imprisonment

SC: Can’t Consider Payment of Compensation A Factor to Reduce Sentence of Convict(16.05.2024)

SC has held that in criminal proceedings courts should not conflate sentence with compensation to victims. Sentences such as imprisonment and/or fine .....

Tags : Supreme Court, Criminal Proceedings, Imprisonment, Compensation

Allahabad HC Sets Aside Remission of Convict Who Was Awarded Life Sentence in 2 Cases(20.04.2023)

Allahabad High Court has set aside a government order by which a convict, who was granted a life imprisonment sentence in two criminal cases, was gran.....

Tags : Allahabad High Court, Remission, Life Imprisonment

Ori. HC: Re-Imprisonment of Prematurely Released Convict Can’t be Ordered Unless Release Challenged(24.06.2024)

Orissa High Court has held that once the accused has been released prematurely by the appropriate Government, the Appellate Court cannot order the con.....

Tags : Orissa High Court, Re-Imprisonment, Appropriate Government

SC: Suspension of Sentence Can Only be Granted if it is Apparent that Conviction is Unsustainable(08.07.2024)

Supreme Court has observed that in the case of life imprisonment, suspension of such sentence can only be granted if it prima facie appears that the c.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Life Imprisonment, Suspension of Sentence

Bombay HC Confirms Life Imprisonment or 23 Convicts in Murder Case(01.12.2015)

Bombay High Court has confirmed life imprisonment for 23 convicts who belong to Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), convicted for murder of three perso.....

Tags : Bombay High Court , life imprisonment for 23 convicts

SC Advocates for Stringent Punishment for Rash Driving, Directs Centre to Amend Laws(07.12.2016)

Supreme Court, while holding that existing two-year imprisonment for causing death due to rash and negligent driving as grossly inadequate, has asked .....

Tags : Supreme Court, Rash Driving, imprisonment

SC: Modification of Sentence From Life Imprisonment to 20-Yr RI Not Enhancement, But Reduction(11.10.2017)

Supreme Court, while reiterating that life imprisonment means imprisonment for full life & not for 14 years, has observed that modification of sentenc.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Life Imprisonment

SC Orders Release of AG Perarivalan in Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case(18.05.2022)

Supreme Court has ordered the release of AG Perarivalan, one of the convicts serving life imprisonment in connection with the assassination of former .....

Tags : Supreme Court, AG Perarivalan, Rajiv Gandhi, life imprisonment

SC: Court not Sentencing Convict to Life Imprisonment, Can’t Impose Sentence Beyond 10 Years(23.07.2024)

Supreme Court has held that when the sentencing court does not impose punishment of life imprisonment on a convict, such court cannot grant punishment.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Life Imprisonment, Ten Years

Supreme Court Upholds Life Term of 16 Persons Convicted For Killing Eight Family Members(14.12.2016)

Supreme Court has upheld life imprisonment awarded to 16 persons convicted for killing eight members of a family, including a one-and-half-year-old in.....

Tags : Supreme Court, life term, life imprisonment

J&K Terror Funding Case: NIA Court Sentences Life Imprisonment to Yasin Malik(26.05.2022)

Special NIA Court, Delhi has sentenced Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik to Life Imprisonment after he was convicted in connection with Jammu & K.....

Tags : NIA Court, Terror Funding, Life Imprisonment

Actor Aditya Pancholi Convicted for Assaulting His Neighbour In 2005(07.11.2016)

A Mumbai Base Court has convicted Bollywood Actor Aditya Pancholi and sentenced him to one-year imprisonment for assaulting his neighbor; however, lat.....

Tags : Aditya Pancholi, imprisonment, bail

AP HC Sentences ACP to Imprisonment and Fine in Contempt Case(19.07.2021)

Andhra Pradesh High Court has sentenced K. Srinivasa Rao, who had worked as the Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) in Vijayawada, to four weeks im.....

Tags : Andhra Pradesh High Court, Imprisonment and Fine in Contempt Case

Delhi HC Awards Life Imprisonment for Gang Rape and Murder of 3 Years Old(07.06.2022)

Delhi High Court has awarded life sentence to three men for gang rape and murder of a three year old minor child. The Court stated that the act was do.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Gang Rape, Life Imprisonment

SC Sentences Four Accused in 1996 Lajpat Nagar Bomb Blast Case to Life Imprisonment(06.07.2023)

Supreme Court while upholding the conviction of two accused in 1996 Lajpat Nagar bomb blast case and sentencing them to life imprisonment without remi.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Lajpat Nagar Bomb Blast Case, Life Imprisonment