Imprisonment News

Julius Dorphang was sentenced for his involvement in the rape of a minor girl. The victim was reportedly a student of a school run by a social organization that was founded by Dorphang. The incident came to light after the victim's parents filed a complaint with the police.

On December 27, 1988, Sidhu had an argument with a man named Gurnam Singh on the road. He allegedly pulled the man out of the car and beat him up. The man was hit on the head and allegedly died from it.

The accused told the police that they did petty works to earn their livelihood.

The East African nation joins more than 40 other countries that have banned, partly banned or taxed single use plastic bags, including China, France, Rwanda, and Italy.

The Indian Navy on Wednesday court-martialled two naval sailors after finding them guilty of sexual offences, sentencing them to rigorous imprisonment for 15 years and 12 years respectively.

A local court has convicted an undertrial prisoner and sentenced him to one-year imprisonment for possessing drugs inside the district jail here.

Five persons were today sentenced to life imprisonment and a fine of Rs 21,500 imposed on each of them by a court here in a murder case.

A California man was awarded imprisonment of up to six years in prison by a court for leaving his nine-month-old baby girl alone in a parked car while he went inside to enjoy in a strip club.

Herve Falciani, the former HSBC employee whose disclosures uncorked the "Swissleaks" scandal on bank-supported tax evasion, was sentenced in absentia on Friday to five years in prison, Switzerland's ATS news agency said.

An Indian national has pleaded guilty to the charges of selling counterfeit cigarettes in the United States.