BBC Local News: Hampshire -- Victor Farrant had been serving a whole-life sentence for murder and attempted murder.

Telangana police charge four officers with cyber terrorism in a phone-tapping case involving opposition politicians. Accused maintained surveillance on prominent..

Orissa high court rejects Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda's plea, citing numerous cases and acquittals. Despite being in jail since 2014, his appeal in HC for a..

Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari was hospitalised at Uttar Pradesh's Banda Medical College due to deteriorating health while serving a life sentence in..

Varanasi court convicts Mukhtar Ansari for managing arms license through cheating, forging documents, and criminal conspiracy in 1990. Avanish Gautam, the..

The high court, in its judgment passed last month but made available on Saturday, also upheld the life sentence imposed on the 45-year-old man, who claimed to be..

Gangster Jyoti Baba questioned for Nafe Singh Rathee's murder. Kapil Sangwan claims responsibility. Rathee supported rival gangster Manjeet Mahal. Sangwan using..

A man found guilty of the 2018 fatal shooting of a federal agent in Tucson has received a life sentence on Tuesday, authorities said. Ryan Phillip Schlesinger,..

A Thane court in Maharashtra has sentenced a 54-year-old man to life imprisonment for the murder of his mother over domestic discord

A person cannot be deprived of the right to live with dignity merely because that person is convicted, said Calcutta high court in a case where a woman’s..

The Dharwad bench of the High Court has refused to confirm the death sentence imposed upon three people in a double murder case, observing that the case does not..

Delhi HC issues notice to YouTuber Shyam Meera Singh and YouTube on plea by Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh to take down video alleging he 'fooled' followers. Singh, a..

Bombay high court has rejected a bail plea by a man convicted of murdering a 15 year old after committing offences under POCSO. The man, behind bars for over..

A special court has sentenced Sanu Mohan to life imprisonment for the murder of his 10-year-old daughter, Vaiga, two years ago. Mohan, who confessed to the..

Convicted serial killer 'Ripper' Jayanandan, serving a life sentence, launched his book 'Pulariviriyum Munpe', a memoir disguised as a novel. He expressed..

The Bombay High Court refused to suspend the life sentence and grant bail to artist Chintan Upadhyay, convicted for abetting and conspiring to kill his estranged..

Amit Chaudhary, wrongly accused of murder in Meerut, studied law to prove his innocence. He faced charges as part of the notorious Kail gang. Chaudhary endured..

Amit Chaudhary, wrongly accused of murder in Meerut, studied law to prove his innocence. He faced charges as part of the notorious Kail gang. Chaudhary endured..

Akash Chauhan, the son of social activist Pale Ram who was murdered for protesting against illegal sand mining, pursued a law degree to fight his father's case...

A Rwandan doctor, Sosthene Munyemana, is facing trial in Paris over his alleged involvement in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. Munyemana, who denies any wrongdoing,..

Houston Texans rookie quarterback CJ Stroud, after leading his team to victory against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, used his post-game press conference to draw..

A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Gauri Godse also said it would hear Upadhyay`s application seeking bail and suspension of his life sentence..

Moninder Singh Pandher has been released from prison after being acquitted by the Allahabad high court in two Nithari murder cases. Pandher, the owner of the..

Frank James, 64, pleaded guilty to terrorism charges in the April 12, 2022, mass shooting aboard a Manhattan-bound train. He received a life sentence on 10..

Tara Shahdeo, a national shooter at the forefront of this case, expressed gratitude for the court's decision. She emphasized that this justice was not only for..

Tara Shahdeo, a national shooter at the forefront of this case, expressed gratitude for the court's decision. She emphasized that this justice was not only for..

A decision will be made on Friday regarding whether the teenager who killed four students at Oxford High School in Michigan will be sentenced to life in prison..

Thane crime: A court in Maharashtra has sentenced a 52-year-old man from Palghar district to life imprisonment for killing his 75-year-old paternal uncle over a..

Larry Rudolph, a wealthy dentist, is expected to receive a life sentence for the murder of his wife, Bianca Rudolph, during an African safari in Zambia...

Mushaal Hussein Mullick is to advise Pakistan’s caretaker PM on human rights and women’s empowerment. Yasin Malik was convicted by an NIA court in a terror..

​​​​Acting on a tip-off that Sattar was living in Limkheda, the parole furlough squad reached there on Saturday and arrested him, a release from..

A member of the Chhota Rajan gang who had jumped parole while serving a life sentence 9 years ago was arrested from Madhya Pradesh

Jailed gangster, and five-time former MLA, Mukhtar Ansari was awarded life sentence on Monday for the murder of Varanasi strongman Awadhesh Rai 32 years ago. A..

Expressing outrage over the Bihar government's decision to set free former MP Anand Mohan who is serving life sentence in the killing of IAS officer G..

One of Bihar's "bahubali" (strongman) politicians, Anand Mohan Singh, serving life sentence for the 1994 murder of an IAS officer, will soon walk out of jail,..

The court of additional district and sessions judge, Pashupati Nath Mishra, here on Friday sentenced a retired sub-inspector (SI) to life imprisonment after..

After the judge pronounced the sentence, the accused ran towards special public prosecutor and allegedly attacked her, an official said

The 81-year-old Lee, who in June was granted a temporary release from jail due to his age and deteriorating health, is serving 17 years for bribery and..

Notorious French serial killer Charles Sobharaj is serving a life term in a Kathmandu jail since 2003 for the murder of an American woman in 1975 in Nepal. In..

The furlough application was rejected by the Maharashtra prison authorities, after which Gawli, who is serving a life sentence in a 2008 murder case, approached..

RP Ravichandran and five others were serving life sentence terms in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

The country`s longest serving woman prisoner serving a life sentence, Nalini was released from the Vellore jail following an order from the Supreme Court on..

Supreme Court on Friday set free all the six convicts undergoing life imprisonment in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. Earlier, the Tamil Nadu government had..

A local court here awarded life sentence to three people and a two-year jail term to one, all four of whom are members of a family, for burning alive a woman,..

After noting that the rape convict spared the life of the four-year-old, Madhya Pradesh High Court lowered the life sentence.

The high court dismissed an appeal by a man challenging his conviction and life sentence imposed by a trial court for sexually assaulting his niece, ruling that..

The 11 men convicted in the Bilkis Bano case were granted early release as they had served 15 years of their life sentence and their "behaviour was found to be..

In the verdict delivered two days ago, Thane Additional Sessions Judge A S Bhagwat also imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 on Ahmed Kamal Abdul Mobin Ansari alias Pappu..