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In a drawback to the former MLA Julius Dorphang, the Meghalaya High Court dismissed his petition seeking to overturn the decision of lower court. Notably, Dorphang was sentenced to 25 years in prison for raping a young girl. The High Court panel hearing the case presided over by Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee, also ordered the state government to pay the victim a compensation of Rs 20 lakh within three-months.

Supreme Court issued a four-month prison term on July 11 for contempt of court to tycoon Vijay Mallya, who was charged in a case involving his bankrupt Kingfisher Airlines and a bank loan default totaling over Rs 9,000 crore. Mallya was also fined Rs 2,000. The Supreme Court postponed its decision in the case on March 10, stating that the proceedings against Mallya had reached a "dead wall."  

The Rajasthan High Court granted a 15-day parole to a convict named Nand Lal, who is serving a life sentence to impregnate his wife. The two-bench judge Sandeep Mehta and Farjand Ali, on April 22, reviewed the petition of the accused's wife Rekha (34) demanding her husband's release. The court said, “her sexual and emotional needs associated with marital lives are affected” by the man's imprisonment.

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) President Lalu Prasad Yadav has been sentenced five year imprisonment with fine of Rs 60 lakh, on February 21. The Special CBI court convicted Yadav and 99 others in the fifth Fodder Scam case, withdrawal of Rs 139.35 crores, Doranda Treasury scam during Lalu's tenure as CM. The CBI Court during the last hearing on February 15, found Prasad and others guilty and reserved the verdict. 

Former Myanmar's PM Aung Sann Suu Kyi and President Win Myint have been awarded four years of jail by the country's court on December 6. They were sentenced to two years' for inciting dissent against the military and two years' imprisonment for breaking Covid protocol, said Zaw Min Tun, Junta spokesman. However, the 76-year-old Suu Kyi has been in detention since February 1 after the military coup.