The Kerala government has suspended two prison officials over allegations of providing VIP treatment to businessman Boby Chemmanur, who was briefly housed at Kakkanad district jail following his arrest in the actress harassment case.
Adjourning the hearing for Tuesday due to the paucity of time, a bench of Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah, however, remarked: “These days elections are contested from jail … It’s easy to win an election sitting in jail … all such persons should be barred from contesting.”
A local court in Kota has awarded a three-year jail term to former Rajasthan MLA Bhawani Singh Rajawat in a two and a half years old case related to slapping a forest service officer.
Actor Allu Arjun was released in the early hours on Saturday from Chanchalguda jail after spending the night there even though he had secured interim bail from the Telangana High Court.
A former excise officer was sentenced to two-year rigorous imprisonment on Saturday after a Special Vigilance Court found him guilty of amassing disproportionate assets by corruptive practices.
The couple, who made headlines when the Enforcement Directorate (ED) busted an extortion racket run by them from the premises of Tihar Jail, had filed a plea to shift them to some other jail located outside Delhi. The apex court turned down his plea to shift outside Delhi.
Paul Pelosi, 82, won't serve any additional jail time after already serving two days and receiving conduct credit for two other days, Napa County Superior Court Judge Joseph Solga was quoted as saying by dpa news agency.
The bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Gupta granted her the anticipatory bail till the conclusion of trial on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the concerned court.
Former forest ministers in the Congress government, Sadhu Singh Dharamsot and Sangat Singh Gilzian have already been booked in alleged corruption cases.
In April, she was sentenced to five years in jail in the first corruption case, where she was accused of accepting a bribe of $600,000 and gold from a former chief minister of Yangon city.
