93-year-old man moves SC against life sentence
New Delhi, June 15: A 93-year-old man, who was given life sentence in a 40-year-old murder case by the Allahabad High Court, on Friday approached the Supreme Court challenging the sentencing order.
Advocates Yadunandan Bansal and Amit Kumar, appearing for Rohtas who is currently in jail, filed the appeal against the Allahabad High Court's February 12 judgment and mentioned the matter for urgent listing before a vacation bench of Justice U.U. Lalit and Justice Deepak Gupta.
The apex court asked the counsels to mention the matter before the next vacation bench, which would sit from June 18.
Rohtas's counsel contended that he was suffering from ailments due to which he was unable to move the right portion of his body and his medical reports have shown that there was blockage in his brain due to which he could go into coma or paralysis in the whole body.
On February 12 this year, the Allahabad High Court dismissed the appeal filed by Rohtas and two others who were convicted and jailed for life by a trial court in 1983.
The incident dates back to September 29, 1978 when two groups had a scuffle over harvesting crop from a piece of land in which some persons were injured in Bagpat district of Uttar Pradesh. Rohtas along with others had assaulted the members of opposite party and one of the injured died later, as per the police.
The accused denied the allegations and said that they had pleaded right to self defence before the high court. One of them had also sustained serious injuries and lodged a police complaint, said the accused.
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Salman Khan demands apology from ANI for alleged defamatory article
Mumbai: Bollywood actor Salman Khan has filed a legal notice demanding an apology from Asian News International (ANI) for an alleged defamatory article.. The article, published on September 4, 2024, includes comments from Amit Mishra, the lawyer representing Vicky Gupta and Sagar Pal—two individuals accused in the firing incident outside Khan’s residence.
The article reportedly suggests that Gupta and Pal have been threatened by members of the underworld, specifically mentioning connections to gangster Dawood Ibrahim’s D-Company, and add that Khan has “known links” with a gangster and perhaps want to get Pal and Gupta killed, as reported by Live Law on Thursday.
Khan's legal team has contended that these allegations are “absolutely false,” "misguided," and "misconceived," asserting that the actor is a victim of the criminal act that was perpetrated upon him by certain individuals. The notice emphasised that the allegations were made with an intent to tarnish Khan’s image and reputation.
The notice highlighted that the allegations made in the published article constitute both a criminal offence under Section 356 (defamation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and is also a civil act of tortuous wrong defamation, Live Law added.
Khan has requested an unconditional apology from ANI and Mishra within 48 hours and has called for the removal of the article from the agency’s website.
