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Dera chief returns to Sunaria jail after 21-day furlough

Last time, he spent 10 days at Sirsa based sect and the remaining 20 days of parole at Baghpat Dera in Uttar Pradesh. (HT File)
Published on May 02, 2025 06:14 AM IST

Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim walks out of jail again, 13th temporary release since 2020

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh is serving a 20-year jail term for raping two of his disciples. (HT File)
Published on Apr 09, 2025 07:26 PM IST

The woman who killed Tejano music icon Selena in 1995 has been denied parole

The woman who killed Tejano music icon Selena in 1995 has been denied parole
Published on Mar 28, 2025 04:08 AM IST

Mohali police book murder convict for jumping parole

The accused, identified as Kala Singh alias Poondi, was booked on Friday based on a complaint filed by the superintendent of Nabha jail in Patiala. (iStock)
Published on Feb 09, 2025 10:00 AM IST

State to oppose Seema Gavit’s parole

State to oppose Seema Gavit’s parole
Published on Feb 08, 2025 08:38 AM IST

Unfilled vacancies in jail dept create huge problems

Mumbai, India - May 11, 2020:Mumbai Central Jail during the COVID 19 pandemic at Arthur Road in Mumbai, India, on Monday, May 11, 2020. (Photo by Anshuman Poyrekar/Hindustan Times) (Anshuman Poyrekar/HT Photo)
Published on Feb 07, 2025 10:08 AM IST

Ram Rahim gets 30-day parole, 12th temporary release in 7 years

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh release comes eight days ahead of the Delhi assembly elections on February 5, keeping with the trend of the influential sect leader being released ahead of polls in the region. (HT File)
Published on Jan 29, 2025 06:16 AM IST

Week before Delhi elections, Sirsa dera chief out on 30-day parole

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh at the sect’s Sirsa headquarters on Tuesday morning. This is the first time he is visiting the sect in Sirsa since his conviction in 2017. (HT Photo)
Published on Jan 28, 2025 04:47 PM IST

Dera chief walks out of prison on 20-day parole ahead of Oct 5 Haryana polls

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh. (AFP)
Published on Oct 02, 2024 11:24 AM IST

Days before Haryana polls, Dera Sacha Sauda chief walks out of Rohtak jail on parole

Dera Sacha Sauda chief and rape convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh walked out of Rohtak’s Sunaria jail on a 20-day parole on Wednesday. (HT file photo)
Published on Oct 02, 2024 11:16 AM IST

Dera chief seeks parole again; poll panel questions reasoning

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who returned to Rohtak’s Sunaria jail on September 2 after being released on a 21-day furlough on August 13, has often been accused of trying to influence his followers, largely based in Haryana, to vote in a particular manner in the elections. (AFP)
Updated on Sep 29, 2024 07:32 AM IST

Mela Rakhar Punya: SAD props up hardliner Khera to counter growing radical influence

SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal with terror-convict Gurdeep Singh Khera at the party’s event during Rakhar Punya Mela at Baba Bakala on Monday. (HT Photo)
Updated on Aug 20, 2024 08:22 AM IST

Decide Ram Rahim’s paroles without ‘favouritism or discrimination’: HC to Haryana

The SGPC in the plea had alleged that Haryana was misusing its powers while granting him parole. Instead, the government should have considered his applications under the 1988 Act, in which the conditions were tougher. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Updated on Aug 10, 2024 05:16 AM IST

HC pulls up prison authorities for 'perfunctory' approach while declining furlough to convicts

HC pulls up prison authorities for 'perfunctory' approach while declining furlough to convicts
Updated on Jul 15, 2024 12:54 PM IST

34-year-old convict held four years after jumping parole

The convict was sentenced to rigorous life imprisonment. (Representative photo)
Updated on Jul 04, 2024 05:28 AM IST

Life convict arrested by Delhi Police after skipping parole for 3 years

The accused was released from prison in 2021 during the pandemic and was to surrender later but he fled from Delhi. (Representational Image)
Updated on Jun 17, 2024 05:10 AM IST

Amritpal moves plea for his release to take oath as MP

Tarsem Singh, father of radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh, addresses a press conference in Amritsar on Tuesday. (PTI)
Updated on Jun 12, 2024 05:10 AM IST

Amritpal to submit plea for temporary release today

Radical preacher Amritpal Singh
Updated on Jun 11, 2024 04:59 AM IST

Amritpal to write to Punjab govt seeking release to take oath as MP

Parents of radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh outside the central jail in Dibrugarh on Saturday. (PTI)
Updated on Jun 08, 2024 10:54 PM IST

38-year-old murderer who jumped parole in April ’20 held

The accused, after killing the victim, chopped his parts and dumped them in different drains in eight tranches. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Updated on May 28, 2024 06:28 AM IST

No parole for maintaining relationships with live-in partners: Delhi high court

The court said the 2018 Delhi Prison Rules do not cover “live-in partners”. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Published on May 10, 2024 09:04 AM IST

Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh files petition seeking parole

Amritpal, who is currently lodged in the Dibrugarh central jail in Assam, has announced to contest the Lok Sabha elections from Khadoor Sahib constituency as an independent candidate. (PTI)
Updated on May 10, 2024 03:05 AM IST

Drug convict nabbed by Panchkula police 16 years after jumping parole

A Panchkula court on Wednesday sent the accused Baljit to judicial custody. (iStock)
Updated on May 09, 2024 09:06 AM IST

Like Ram Rahim, 89 others facing multiple convictions granted parole: Haryana tells HC

Ram Rahim, who was sentenced to 20 years jail in two rapes (2017), life term for conspiring the murder of a journalist (2019) and another criminal conspiracy case related to the murder of a Dera follower (2021) has been granted parole/ furloughs by the state government on nine occasions. (HT File)
Updated on Mar 15, 2024 07:52 AM IST

Haryana’s law exempts Ram Rahim from being categorised as hardcore prisoner

Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim.
Updated on Mar 02, 2024 04:30 AM IST

Do not consider parole to Ram Rahim without court’s permission: HC

Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim.
Updated on Mar 01, 2024 04:30 AM IST

Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim gets 50-day parole

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh is serving a 20-year jail term at Rohtak’s Sunaria jail.
Published on Jan 19, 2024 04:12 PM IST

Haryana: Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim gets 50-day parole

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who is serving a 20-year jail term at Rohtak’s Sunaria jail after he was convicted in 2017 of raping of two disciples, was granted a 50-day parole on Friday. (HT file photo)
Updated on Jan 19, 2024 04:45 PM IST