Chhattisgarh Jails

A special court here on Wednesday sentenced four persons to 10 years of imprisonment for trying to kill an IAS officer by crushing his car with a JCB machine in Chhattisgarh's Raigarh district, a government lawyer said on Wednesday.

More than (stray) dogs and cats, the personnel of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Income Tax are moving around, said Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, adding if anyone goes to jail will not get bail.

Ajay Kumar Mandavi, chosen from Chhattisgarh for the Padma Shri awards this year, has for more than a decade been teaching Kanker jail inmates, several of them arrested in cases related to the outlawed Maoist movement, wooden calligraphy art.

Chhattisgarh's Ajay Mandavi, who teaches wood calligraphy art to jail inmates, has been honoured with the fourth highest civilian award, Padma Shri, by the Union government for excellence in art.

An inmate from a jail in Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur district allegedly sent a threat letter to a Raigarh-based steel plant of industrialist and former Congress MP Naveen Jindal demanding Rs 50 crore from him.

Two undertrial prisoners, one accused of murder and the other facing rape charge, scaled a 23-feet wall and escaped from Jashpur district jail in Chhattisgarh, police said on Tuesday.

More than seven days after the Registrar General of Uttarakhand High Court received a letter demanding money and threatening to kill a judge, the police traced the sender to the Bilaspur Central Jail in Chhattisgarh, an official said on Tuesday.

As a part of the drive, the Jail Lok Adalat was held for the first time in all 33 jails of the state on October 15, during which 448 prisoners were released, he said.

Five years after 121 tribals were charged for their alleged links to a Maoist attack in which 25 security personnel were killed, a National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada has acquitted them citing lack of evidence.

A special court in Raipur on Tuesday sentenced a 21-year-old man to 20 years' rigorous imprisonment for abducting and raping a girl.

Members of right-wing groups demanded the release of Kalicharan Maharaj, a religious leader from Maharashtra who is in jail in Chhattisgarh for abusing Mahatma Gandhi and glorifying his killer Nathuram Godse.

A fast-track court in Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur district has sentenced a 24-year-old man to life imprisonment till death for raping a nine-year-old girl in 2019.

A fast-track court in Chhattisgarh's Raipur has sentenced a fake doctor to two jail terms of 20 years each for raping two sisters on the pretext of treating them in 2017.

An accused involved in kidnapping and charged under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act escaped from the Surjpur district police station in Chhattisgarh on Monday night.

After 157 charges framed against her and being jailed for more then 4,380 days spanning 12 years, there is a looming sadness when Nirmalakka, a citizen of Telangana, is asked what it feels like to finally be free.

A special court here on Wednesday sentenced four persons to 10 years of imprisonment for trying to kill an IAS officer by crushing his car with a JCB machine in Chhattisgarh's Raigarh district, a government lawyer said on Wednesday.

More than (stray) dogs and cats, the personnel of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Income Tax are moving around, said Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, adding if anyone goes to jail will not get bail.

Ajay Kumar Mandavi, chosen from Chhattisgarh for the Padma Shri awards this year, has for more than a decade been teaching Kanker jail inmates, several of them arrested in cases related to the outlawed Maoist movement, wooden calligraphy art.

Chhattisgarh's Ajay Mandavi, who teaches wood calligraphy art to jail inmates, has been honoured with the fourth highest civilian award, Padma Shri, by the Union government for excellence in art.

An inmate from a jail in Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur district allegedly sent a threat letter to a Raigarh-based steel plant of industrialist and former Congress MP Naveen Jindal demanding Rs 50 crore from him.

Two undertrial prisoners, one accused of murder and the other facing rape charge, scaled a 23-feet wall and escaped from Jashpur district jail in Chhattisgarh, police said on Tuesday.

More than seven days after the Registrar General of Uttarakhand High Court received a letter demanding money and threatening to kill a judge, the police traced the sender to the Bilaspur Central Jail in Chhattisgarh, an official said on Tuesday.

As a part of the drive, the Jail Lok Adalat was held for the first time in all 33 jails of the state on October 15, during which 448 prisoners were released, he said.

Five years after 121 tribals were charged for their alleged links to a Maoist attack in which 25 security personnel were killed, a National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada has acquitted them citing lack of evidence.

A special court in Raipur on Tuesday sentenced a 21-year-old man to 20 years' rigorous imprisonment for abducting and raping a girl.

Members of right-wing groups demanded the release of Kalicharan Maharaj, a religious leader from Maharashtra who is in jail in Chhattisgarh for abusing Mahatma Gandhi and glorifying his killer Nathuram Godse.

A fast-track court in Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur district has sentenced a 24-year-old man to life imprisonment till death for raping a nine-year-old girl in 2019.

A fast-track court in Chhattisgarh's Raipur has sentenced a fake doctor to two jail terms of 20 years each for raping two sisters on the pretext of treating them in 2017.

An accused involved in kidnapping and charged under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act escaped from the Surjpur district police station in Chhattisgarh on Monday night.

After 157 charges framed against her and being jailed for more then 4,380 days spanning 12 years, there is a looming sadness when Nirmalakka, a citizen of Telangana, is asked what it feels like to finally be free.