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Chandigarh: CHB staffer gets 4-year jail in corruption case

The convict, Jagdish Raj Manchanda, was caught red-handed by the UT vigilance department while taking a bribe of 20,000 in March 2020. (Getty Images/Vetta)
Published on Apr 29, 2025 09:44 AM IST

Gurugram man sentenced to 20 years in jail for raping minor in 2020

The convict was a juvenile when he committed the crime. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Published on Apr 23, 2025 07:38 AM IST

9 given three years each for assaulting doctor

A mob had blackened the face of the doctor in October 2017 and paraded him in the city and assaulted him. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Published on Mar 20, 2025 08:58 AM IST

Chandigarh: 7-yr jail term for assault

As per the prosecution, the Sector 39 police station, Chandigarh, had registered the case against the convict in 2018 under sections of attempt to murder, intentionally causing injury with a dangerous weapon and trespassing, and arrested the accused. (HT Photo)
Published on Mar 13, 2025 09:16 AM IST

Chandigarh MC official gets 4-year jail in 2019 bribe case

A vigilance team had caught the sanitary inspector red-handed on August 17, 2019, accepting a 2,500 bribe from Ajay, an MC horticulture wing employee. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Published on Mar 02, 2025 08:52 AM IST

Chandigarh: Man gets 20-year jail for raping stepdaughter

The court also ordered payment of 4 lakh compensation to the victim under the victim compensation scheme. (HT File)
Published on Feb 26, 2025 03:38 AM IST

Chandigarh: Man gets 6-year jail in stabbing case over 2,000 dispute

The court found Balwant guilty under IPC Sections 324 and 326 (attack with a sharp weapon) and sentenced him to six years in prison. (HT Photo)
Published on Feb 25, 2025 09:44 AM IST

Punjab: Accountant sentenced to five-year jail in bribery case

The vigilance bureau apprehended the accused red-handed while accepting the bribe. (HT File)
Published on Feb 15, 2025 09:38 AM IST

Ex-BOI chief manager gets 3 years jail term in 2003 case

Jeevangine Srinivasa Rao was accused of causing a wrongful loss of 80 lakh to the bank get 3 years of sentence (HT FILE)
Published on Feb 11, 2025 07:27 PM IST

Man gets 800 days’ jail for fabricating evidence in dowry death case

The officials said the court directed the convicted man to remain in jail for the same number of days spent behind bars by three innocent people. The court also slapped a penalty of 2,54,352.35 on him. (Pic for representation)
Published on Feb 09, 2025 09:38 AM IST

Mohali: 3 men caught with restricted injections get 10-year jail

These injections were brought from Ambala and supplied to young people in Mohali, said police. (Getty image)
Published on Feb 08, 2025 09:52 AM IST

10 yrs on, man gets 1 year imprisonment for beating up cop in Navi Mumbai

10 yrs on, man gets 1 year imprisonment for beating up cop in Navi Mumbai
Published on Jan 14, 2025 12:36 PM IST

Ex-MLA Pawan Pandey gets 7-yr jail in 1990 assault case

The court awarded jail term to the former MLA in connection with an over three-decades’ old case of assault on a contractor. (For Representation)
Updated on Jan 07, 2025 05:02 AM IST

Destruction of govt property in U.P.’s Etawah: CBI court gives one-year jail to 3 advocates

The court also imposed a total fine of 7,500 on them. (For Representation)
Updated on Dec 11, 2024 05:00 AM IST

24 years later, two sentenced to 3 years in jail for 64 lakh bank fraud

24 years later, two sentenced to 3 years in jail for 64 lakh bank fraud
Updated on Sep 26, 2024 08:02 AM IST

Ludhiana resident gets 3-year imprisonment for bailing out accused using fake documents

The court of sub-divisional judicial magistrate Bhupinder Mittal has sentenced Yashpal Sharma, a resident of Haibowal Khurd in Ludhiana, to three years of imprisonment for forgery. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Published on Aug 07, 2024 10:26 PM IST

Convicts cannot be jailed beyond 10 yrs: SC on punishment for attempted murders

Lawyers at the Supreme Court of India in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)
Updated on Jul 23, 2024 09:45 AM IST

SC sends couple to 6 months in jail for bigamy, orders alternate prison time to protect child

Lawyers at the Supreme Court of India in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)
Updated on Jul 16, 2024 08:05 AM IST

Chandigarh: Himachal man caught with 60 gm heroin to spend 18 months in jail

After the court convicted Sethu, his counsel pleaded leniency, citing that he was poor and never convicted in any case. Sethu pleaded that his family was totally dependent upon him. (Getty image)
Updated on Jul 10, 2024 08:12 AM IST

Chandigarh: Court awards lenient sentence after drug offender pleads guilty

A resident of Mauli Jagran Complex, Chandigarh, Lakhan appealed to the court that he will reform himself and never indulge in drug trade. (HT Photo)
Updated on Jul 06, 2024 08:34 AM IST

Goodbye 420: BNS 318/319 replaces IPC 420, but celebs feel it will stay alive

As BNS 318/319 replace IPC 420, movies like Shree 420, Chachi 420 and Khiladi 420 have been trending on social media.
Updated on Jul 03, 2024 01:07 PM IST

Budget 2024: Govt may decriminalise over 100 provisions for ease of business

Budget 2024: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses a press conference after the 53rd GST Council Meeting, at the National Media Center in New Delhi.
Published on Jun 25, 2024 09:18 PM IST

20-year jail for Chandigarh youth who kidnapped, raped minor girl

The youth, who was 17 years old at the time of the crime, was booked at the Sector 36 police station, Chandigarh, in May 2021 on the complaint of the minor girl. (iStock)
Updated on May 25, 2024 07:46 AM IST

Manimajra man gets 3 years jail for girl’s rape

Apart from the jail term, convict Babu Ram, who worked as a tea seller, was also fined 20,000. (iStock)
Updated on May 22, 2024 09:16 AM IST

Kerala court sentences man to life imprisonment for 23-year-old’s murder

Earlier on May 10, the accused Shyamjith was convicted by the Thalassery additional district sessions court. (Getty Images)
Updated on May 14, 2024 08:28 AM IST

Donald Trump's estranged niece Mary weighs if he ‘could handle’ going to jail

"I think it's absurd for anybody to think he would willingly go into jail even for a night, even for an afternoon," Donald Trump's niece Mary Trump stated.
Updated on May 12, 2024 05:24 PM IST

False allegations of rape: Court jails woman for 1,653 days

For representation only (HT File Photo)
Updated on May 08, 2024 05:38 AM IST

Strengthen laws to deter drink driving

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Traffic experts attribute drink driving, high speed of commercial vehicles and lesser presence of traffic personnel during nights as the main reasons behind the increase in fatal road accidents during the night. (ANI)
Published on May 07, 2024 09:31 PM IST

Judge warns Trump of potential jail time for violating gag order

Judge warns Trump of potential jail time for violating gag order
Updated on May 07, 2024 02:23 AM IST