Can a former DGP whose sentence is suspended travel to the UAE for work? Ex-DGP Tomin Thachankary says so, citing 66 trial sittings attended and 75 per cent of the fine deposited, and the Kerala High Court seeks State’s response before deciding. These are the appellant’s contentions and have not been tested. Kochi: Asked to […]
Former Director General of Police Tomin Thachankary need not serve his four-year sentence while his appeal is pending, the Kerala High Court has ruled; the disproportionate assets conviction itself remains in place until the appeal is decided. Kochi: Allowing a plea by former Director General of Police Tomin J. Thachankary, the Kerala High Court on […]
No adjournment on October 27, and counter affidavits due three days before that date: the Supreme Court has issued notice on Karnataka’s plea against the suspension of Vinay Kulkarni’s murder conviction. New Delhi: Issuing notice on a plea by the State of Karnataka against the Karnataka High Court’s order that suspended the conviction and sentence […]
The Delhi High Court has declined to suspend the life sentence of a man convicted of the aggravated penetrative sexual assault of a child, while admitting his appeal. Considering the evidence, including the forensic material, the Court found it not a fit case to suspend the sentence at this stage, and directed the Legal Services Authority to hand the survivor the compensation awarded and a message written to her by the trial judge.
The Supreme Court has issued notice to the State of Goa on an appeal by Tehelka’s former editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal, challenging the Bombay High Court’s judgment that reversed his acquittal, convicted him of the 2013 rape of a colleague, and sentenced him to ten years’ imprisonment. Tejpal, who has surrendered, sought an early hearing on suspension of his sentence. The State has separately sought enhancement of the sentence to life imprisonment.
The Kerala High Court has granted the State two days to file its objection to former DGP Tomin J. Thachankary’s plea to suspend his four-year sentence, imposed on his conviction in a disproportionate assets case, pending his appeal against the conviction. The State described the matter as an exceptional case given the high office he held; the Court observed that there is no absolute right to object where the sentence is under ten years. The conviction is under appeal.
The Jharkhand High Court has rejected a second plea by a convict, serving life imprisonment for offences including murder and a sexual offence against a child, seeking suspension of his sentence on the ground that he had completed over ten years in custody. The Court held that period of incarceration alone cannot justify suspension of a life sentence for a serious offence, that merit must also be assessed, and that a rejected plea cannot be renewed without a fresh ground.
