Jharkhand: Hunger strike by Maoist undertrials

Last Updated: Monday, May 28, 2012, 16:15

A dawn to dusk hunger strike was observed by 16 Maoist undertrials at Ghaghidih jail demanding scrapping of section 17 of CLA Act.

Hunger strike by Maoist undertrials

Last Updated: Monday, May 28, 2012, 15:37

A dawn to dusk hunger strike was observed by 16 Maoist undertrials at Ghaghidih jail here on Monday demanding scrapping of section 17 of CLA Act.

4 prisoners freed from police custody by armed men

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 24, 2012, 15:43

As soon as the undertrials alighted from the police vehicle outside court, the armed men surrounded them and took them away in a jeep.

Govt asks HCs to grant bail to undertrials

Last Updated: Thursday, February 16, 2012, 16:16

Some senior Congress leaders including general secretary Digvijay Singh have advocated bail for the undertrials against whom probe had been completed.

Undertrials escape, two constables arrested

Last Updated: Saturday, November 26, 2011, 19:44

Undertrials allegedly drugged two police constables, who were escorting them, and escaped leading to the suspension and arrest of the cops.

HC seeks info from Tihar Jail on undertrials

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 16, 2011, 20:45

The Delhi High Court directed the Tihar jail authority to furnish information on the total number of undertrials lodged.

Ten agitating undertrials shifted in Bihar jail

Last Updated: Thursday, June 30, 2011, 21:33

Ten undertrials who had launched an indefinite fast inside the jail were on Thursday shifted from a divisional jail here in Bihar`s Nalanda to Bhagalpur Central Jail in Bhagalpur, sources said.

Two undertrials escape from Tihar jail

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 15, 2011, 22:49

Two undertrials escaped from Tihar Jail this evening while being shifted to prison from de-addiction centre but one was arrested while a search is on for the other who is believed to be inside the complex.

CWG: BJP demands judicial probe into claim by Tihar undertrials

Last Updated: Thursday, December 23, 2010, 20:04

The BJP on Thursday demanded a judicial probe into the sensational claim of two undertrials in Tihar jail that they were provided weapons to kill two top Commonwealth Games officials currently lodged in the high security prison.

‘We were asked to kill jailed CWG officials’

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 22, 2010, 00:32

A Delhi Court on Tuesday took serious note of the sensational claim by two undertrials that they were provided with a pistol and a knife allegedly by Tihar jail officials to kill two Commonwealth Games officials lodged in the high security prison on corruption charges.

Delhi HC for relief to terminally ill undertrials

Last Updated: Monday, August 30, 2010, 18:00

The Delhi High Court has asked the state government to evaluate whether prosecution proceedings can be withdrawn against undertrials, who are terminally ill.

Over 1.33 lakh undertrials released under Govt scheme

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 6, 2010, 15:53

As a six-month-long government scheme to decongest prisons comes to an end this month, over 1.3 lakh undertrials languishing in various jails have either being released or granted bail.