Lucknow Jail

A special CBI court in Lucknow has sentenced an IIT alumnus to life imprisonment in the murder of Mumbai-based fashion designer Adesh Bajpai in 2008.

At least 36 prisoners at Lucknow District Jail tested positive for HIV during health tests conducted in December 2023. The total count of HIV-infected prisoners in the prison now stands at 63, the jail administration said.

A Lucknow court on Friday sentenced Bharatiya Janata Party MP Rita Bahuguna Joshi to six months' imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 1,100 for violating the code of conduct during the 2012 UP assembly elections.

A man was arrested here for allegedly making hoax calls on the helpline numbers of the chief minister and police, threatening to blow up a metro station in Lucknow, police said on Sunday.

A police sub-inspector and three constables were suspended for allegedly taking an undertrial prisoner lodged in a jail here to a shopping mall, officials said on Friday.

A Lucknow court on Thursday remanded Nikhat Bano, the wife of Uttar Pradesh MLA Abbas Ansari, in police custody for three days.

A special CBI court in Lucknow on Thursday sentenced a retired 82-year-old railway clerk to one-year imprisonment in a 32-year-old case for taking a bribe of Rs 100.

Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan, arrested on terror charges, will be released today. A Special court in Lucknow signed his release order today -- more than a month after he got bail in the two cases against him.

The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court on Friday sentenced former MLA Mukhtar Ansari to five-year imprisonment in a 23-year-old case related to the Gangsters Act.

The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court on Wednesday sentenced former Uttar Pradesh MLA Mukhtar Ansari to seven years in prison for threatening a jailer and pointing a pistol at him.

A special CBI court in Lucknow on Monday sentenced IRS officer Arvind Mishra to six years in prison in a corruption case, officials said.

Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati on Wednesday slammed Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav for meeting a party MLA inside Azamgarh jail and alleged that it shows the party protects criminals

A court in Lucknow gave a two-year jail term to Bollywood actor and Congress leader Raj Babbar in a case involving the assault of a polling officer.

Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, who is lodged in Sitapur jail for 38 months, was taken to Lucknow on Thursday to appear before the CBI court today.

The health condition of senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, lodged in the Sitapur jail, deteriorated on Monday morning after which he was referred to a hospital in Lucknow, prison officials said.

A special CBI court in Lucknow has sentenced an IIT alumnus to life imprisonment in the murder of Mumbai-based fashion designer Adesh Bajpai in 2008.

At least 36 prisoners at Lucknow District Jail tested positive for HIV during health tests conducted in December 2023. The total count of HIV-infected prisoners in the prison now stands at 63, the jail administration said.

A Lucknow court on Friday sentenced Bharatiya Janata Party MP Rita Bahuguna Joshi to six months' imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 1,100 for violating the code of conduct during the 2012 UP assembly elections.

A man was arrested here for allegedly making hoax calls on the helpline numbers of the chief minister and police, threatening to blow up a metro station in Lucknow, police said on Sunday.

A police sub-inspector and three constables were suspended for allegedly taking an undertrial prisoner lodged in a jail here to a shopping mall, officials said on Friday.

A Lucknow court on Thursday remanded Nikhat Bano, the wife of Uttar Pradesh MLA Abbas Ansari, in police custody for three days.

A special CBI court in Lucknow on Thursday sentenced a retired 82-year-old railway clerk to one-year imprisonment in a 32-year-old case for taking a bribe of Rs 100.

Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan, arrested on terror charges, will be released today. A Special court in Lucknow signed his release order today -- more than a month after he got bail in the two cases against him.

The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court on Friday sentenced former MLA Mukhtar Ansari to five-year imprisonment in a 23-year-old case related to the Gangsters Act.

The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court on Wednesday sentenced former Uttar Pradesh MLA Mukhtar Ansari to seven years in prison for threatening a jailer and pointing a pistol at him.

A special CBI court in Lucknow on Monday sentenced IRS officer Arvind Mishra to six years in prison in a corruption case, officials said.

Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati on Wednesday slammed Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav for meeting a party MLA inside Azamgarh jail and alleged that it shows the party protects criminals

A court in Lucknow gave a two-year jail term to Bollywood actor and Congress leader Raj Babbar in a case involving the assault of a polling officer.

Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, who is lodged in Sitapur jail for 38 months, was taken to Lucknow on Thursday to appear before the CBI court today.

The health condition of senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, lodged in the Sitapur jail, deteriorated on Monday morning after which he was referred to a hospital in Lucknow, prison officials said.