| Famous Trials | Charges | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| Bahadur Shah Zafar; January 27, 1858 to March 9, 1858 in Red Fort (Delhi) | treason, conspiracy, rebellion, and murder in 1857 revolt | convicted and exiled to Rangoon. |
| Surendranath Banerjea; May 4–5, 1883 in Calcutta High Court | contempt of court, on his remarks in The Bengalee | sent to civil jail for two years. |
| Bal Gangadhar Tilak; 1897, 1908, 1916 | provocative articles in Kesari | 18 months’ imprisonment (1897); 6 years’ exile to Mandalay and fine of Rs 1,000 for seditious writings (1908); no jail sentence was imposed (1916). |
| Aurobindo Ghosh and 37 others in Alipore Bombay Case Trial; 1908–09 | attempt to murder district judge of Muzaffarpur | spent a year in jail as an undertrial prisoner. |
| V.D. Savarkar; 1910 and January 1911 | delivering infuriating speeches against British and procuring and distributing arms | two consecutive life transportations (50 years); the International Court of Arbitration at the Hague also held him guilty; spent 10 years in Andaman jail (1911–21). |
| Gandhi and Shankarlal Banker (publisher of Young India); 1922 | four inflammatory articles against the British in Young India | sentenced to jail for 6 years; but set free in 1924. |
| 31 communists in the Meerut Conspiracy Case; March 1929 | conspiracy against the British | received sentences varying from 3 years to life sentence. |
| Bhagat Singh; June 1929 | throwing a bomb in Central Assembly | received transportation for life. |
| Bhagat Singh; July 1929 | killing police head constable, Saunders | sentenced to death. |
| M.N. Roy; 1931-32 | conspiracy and sedition | sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment (later reduced to 6 years). |
| Shah Nawaz Khan, Prem Kumar Sehgal and Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon in the INA trials; 1945 at Red Fort, Delhi | waging war by murdering or abetment of murder | sentences of transportation for life were remitted; but those of cashiering and forfeiture of arrears of pay and allowances were confirmed. |
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