Share of undertrials in detention for 3-5 years almost doubled over 10 yrs between 2012 & 2022, & those above 5 years have tripled in that period, it adds.
Jai Parkash's family learned he was in jail after he featured on list of undertrials to be granted special remission as part of govt's ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’. He is now out on bail.
Over 10% of 2,58,883 jailed undertrials were arrested for offences under NDPS Act. Modi govt is planning to decriminalise personal consumption of small quantities of drugs.
A prosecutor is forced to proceed even if they believe the evidence collected by the police isn't sufficient. This hampers their ability to take the case to its logical end.
Hameer-ui-uddin was arrested in 2010, 16 years after the serial blasts in Rajdhani trains in 1993. Supreme Court asked Ajmer court to expedite his hearing Monday.
The test raises a question. Why have Russian nuclear strategists now invested in the Burevestnik, when the US abandoned nuclear ramjet propulsion in 1964?
Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.
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