‘Crime has won', says Nirbhaya's family after Delhi HC refuses stay on juvenile convict's release
9 years, 3 months ago

‘Crime has won', says Nirbhaya's family after Delhi HC refuses stay on juvenile convict's release

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: "Crime has won and we have lost " was the immediate reaction of the family of the December 16 gangrape victim, after the Delhi High Court today refused to stay the release of the juvenile convict, who is now a major and due to be set free on Sunday. Read: Nirbhaya gangrape case: Delhi govt submits rehabilitation plan for juvenile convict December 16 gangrape case: High Court refuses to stay release of juvenile convict Release of juvenile convict: Maneka Gandhi puts blame on Rajya Sabha The victim's father also expressed disappointment over the order and said it should have had a deterrent effect. Reacting on the verdict, central government's standing counsel Anil Soni said, "Once again the terror of Delhi will walk on street of national capital, just because, unfortunately, the Rajya Sabha has not passed the amendment bill of Juvenile Justice Act, enhancing the sentence of juvenile involved in serious offence." Nirbhaya gangrape case: Juvenile to walk free on Sunday; DCW flays move My daughter was Jyoti Singh, not ashamed to name her, says Nirbhaya’s mother Nirbhaya gangrape: We failed to get justice for our daughter, says father The paramedical student, whose real name was Jyoti Singh but was known as Nirbhaya for her brave fight against the six criminals, was brutally gangraped and assaulted inside a moving bus on the night of December 16 three years ago.

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Eight CPM Workers Sentenced to Life for BJP Worker’s Murder in Kerala
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Eight CPM Workers Sentenced to Life for BJP Worker’s Murder in Kerala

Deccan Chronicle  

A court in Kerala on Monday sentenced eight CPI workers to life imprisonment for killing a BJP worker in this district nearly two decades ago. Thalassery Principal Sessions Judge K T Nisar Ahammed had on Friday found nine CPI workers guilty in the case registered on the murder of BJP worker Elambilayi Suraj. Among those found guilty is T K …

History Today: When 4 convicts in 2012 Delhi gang rape were hanged
1 week, 2 days ago

History Today: When 4 convicts in 2012 Delhi gang rape were hanged

Firstpost  

On March 20, 2020, justice was delivered to a 23-year-old medical student who was gang-raped and tortured on a moving bus in Delhi in 2012. The same day in 1977 also witnessed India’s first non-Congress government come to power after then-PM Indira Gandhi suffered a crushing defeat On this day, in 2020, four men convicted of the gang rape and …

Two accused fined, awarded life terms by Agra court in 2018 case of girl set on fire
1 week, 2 days ago

Two accused fined, awarded life terms by Agra court in 2018 case of girl set on fire

Hindustan Times  

Two people were sentenced to life in prison, accused of setting a 15-year-old girl on fire, dousing her with an inflammable substance, on December 18, 2018. For representation only The court of the additional district and sessions judge in Agra, Nitin Kumar Thakur, passed the verdict in the case on Tuesday and sentenced both accused - Vijay and Aakash - …

3 get death sentence for killing 24 Dalits in UP village over 40 years ago
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1 week, 4 days ago

3 get death sentence for killing 24 Dalits in UP village over 40 years ago

Hindustan Times  

A special court in UP's Mainpuri district on Tuesday sentenced three persons to death in the 1981 Dehuli massacre which saw 24 Dalits, including women and two children, being killed. Special judge Indira Singh in UP's Mainpuri district convicted the trio on March 12. On March 12, special judge Indira Singh convicted the trio, namely, Kaptan Singh, Rampal and Ram …

RG Kar Rape-Murder Case: SC to hear fresh plea by parents on March 17
2 weeks, 2 days ago

RG Kar Rape-Murder Case: SC to hear fresh plea by parents on March 17

Live Mint  

RG Kar Rape-Murder Case: The Supreme Court will hear a fresh plea filed by the parents of the victim on March 17 in a rape-murder case that sparked nationwide outrage, NDTV reported on Thursday. In January, Sanjay Roy, the lone convict in the RG Kar rape and murder case, who was a Kolkata Police civic volunteer, was sentenced to life …

Bihar Man Absolved Of Murder Charge After 27 Years In Prison
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Bihar Man Absolved Of Murder Charge After 27 Years In Prison

ABP News  

Bihar News: Justice delayed is justice denied. The age-old maxim was yet again highlighted in Bihar's Gopalganj when a man got relief in a murder case 27 years after being accused of the crime. Case Registered On Watchman's Complaint The case was registered on November 12, 1998, based on a complaint filed by Madan Rai, a watchman from Bansghat Masuria …

Top news of the day: March 8, 2025
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Top news of the day: March 8, 2025

The Hindu  

PM Modi to visit Mauritius during March 11 and 12 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting Mauritius during March 11 and 12, 2025, said Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on Saturday. Delhi Cabinet approves scheme to provide ₹2,500 per month to women, says Rekha Gupta Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday said that the Delhi cabinet has passed a …

Murder case: one gets death sentence, 4 others get life imprisonment
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Murder case: one gets death sentence, 4 others get life imprisonment

The Hindu  

A court here has awarded death sentence to a murder case accused while awarding life imprisonment to four others on Friday. Based on the complaint from Vaikundam’s brother Murugaraj, the Palayamkottai Taluk police arrested Selvaraj, 40, and his relatives Antony Raj alias Prabhakaran, 39, D. Arul Philip, 38, and his brother Anto Nallaiah,28, their mother Jaquline, 58, D. Babu Alexander, …

Haryana: CBI court jails 3 excise officials for 4 years in corruption case
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Haryana: CBI court jails 3 excise officials for 4 years in corruption case

Hindustan Times  

A special CBI court in Panchkula has sentenced three central excise officials to four years of rigorous imprisonment in a 2017 corruption case. The convicted officials—Anil Kumar, Ajay Kumar, and inspector Ravinder Singh Dahiya—were found guilty under Section 120-B of the Indian Penal Code and various provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. During the trial, the complainant turned …

Nitish Katara murder case: Supreme Court asks Delhi govt to decide on remission to convict
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Nitish Katara murder case: Supreme Court asks Delhi govt to decide on remission to convict

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Delhi government to decide within two weeks on the remission plea to Sukhdev Yadav alias Pehalwan, who is serving a 20-year jail term without remission in the 2002 Nitish Katara murder case. A two-judge bench of the apex court, led by Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan asked the …

Nitish Katara murder case: SC asks Delhi govt to decide on remission to convict
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Nitish Katara murder case: SC asks Delhi govt to decide on remission to convict

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Delhi government to decide in two weeks over remission to Sukhdev Yadav alias Pehalwan, serving a 20-year jail term without remission in the 2002 Nitish Katara murder case. Nitish Katara murder case: SC asks Delhi govt to decide on remission to convict A bench comprising Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal …

Delhi: Kin of brutal rape-murder victim take solace in death sentence for convict
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Delhi: Kin of brutal rape-murder victim take solace in death sentence for convict

Hindustan Times  

“It truly feels like justice has been served and my daughter in heaven would be smiling”, the 45-year-old father of a brutal rape and murder victim said a day after the convict in the case was sentenced to death for the crime that took place in Nihal Vihar, outer Delhi, in February 2019. While the rapist, Rajender Kumar, who was …

Man gets death for rape, murder of minor in 2019
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1 month ago

Man gets death for rape, murder of minor in 2019

Hindustan Times  

A Delhi court on Friday sentenced a man to death for the 2019 rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl, calling the crime “rarest of the rare” and emphasising that society’s interest in protecting vulnerable children from such horrific crimes warranted the strictest punishment. The court also sentenced Rajender’s father, Ram Saran, to life imprisonment for participating in the gruesome …

1984 Riots: Meet the Warriors Who Secured Two Life Sentences for Sajjan Kumar
1 month ago

1984 Riots: Meet the Warriors Who Secured Two Life Sentences for Sajjan Kumar

The Quint  

Once again, Kaur came up with the idea of approaching one of the three women survivors, as a patient. They had the medical records to prove the fractured ribs, but were unwilling to expose themselves in front of the battery of lawyers that comprised Sajjan Kumar’s legal team. They roped in a helpful member from Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee …

Clarify stance on Sajjan Kumar’s conviction: Sukhbir to Cong
1 month ago

Clarify stance on Sajjan Kumar’s conviction: Sukhbir to Cong

Hindustan Times  

Chandigarh : Former Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Tuesday welcomed the sentencing of Sajjan Kumar to life imprisonment for his involvement in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Former Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Tuesday welcomed the sentencing of Sajjan Kumar to life imprisonment for his involvement in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Nevertheless, I welcome the …

‘Welcome verdict, but want capital punishment for Sajjan: 1984 riots victims’ kin
1 month ago

‘Welcome verdict, but want capital punishment for Sajjan: 1984 riots victims’ kin

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi : While victims, kin of slain persons and members of the community welcomed the life-term in jail awarded to Sajjan Kumar in a murder case related to 1984 anti-Sikh riots on Tuesday, they advocated capital punishment for the former legislator. While victims, kin of slain persons and members of the community welcomed the life-term in jail awarded to …

Sajjan gets second life sentence over 1984 riots
1 month ago

Sajjan gets second life sentence over 1984 riots

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi A Delhi court on Tuesday sentenced former Congress parliamentarian Sajjan Kumar to life imprisonment following his conviction in the brutal murder of a father and son during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Saraswati Vihar, Delhi, culminating a roughly four-decade-long battle for justice. Sajjan gets second life sentence over 1984 riots The verdict marked the second life term handed …

What judges said on refusing demands for a death sentence to Sajjan Kumar
1 month ago

What judges said on refusing demands for a death sentence to Sajjan Kumar

India Today  

A Delhi court on Tuesday awarded life imprisonment to former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar in a murder case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. WHAT SPECIAL JUDGE KAVERI BAWEJA'S VERDICT SAID "The 'satisfactory' conduct of the convict as per the report of the jail authorities, the ailments from which he is reportedly suffering, the fact that the convict has roots …

Ludhiana: ‘84 riot victims’ body seeks death penalty for Sajjan Kumar
1 month ago

Ludhiana: ‘84 riot victims’ body seeks death penalty for Sajjan Kumar

Hindustan Times  

Following a Delhi court’s decision on Tuesday to award life imprisonment to former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar in a murder case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, members of the Danga Peedit Welfare Society, Ludhiana, expressed disappointment, insisting that he should have been given the death penalty. Surjit Singh, president of the Danga Peedit Welfare Society, Ludhiana, argued that the …

Sajjan Kumar gets life imprisonment for the murder of Jaswant Singh and his son Tarundeep Singh, burnt alive in 1984
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Sajjan Kumar gets life imprisonment for the murder of Jaswant Singh and his son Tarundeep Singh, burnt alive in 1984

Op India  

On Tuesday, 25th February, Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi awarded life imprisonment to former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in the murder case of a Sikh father-son duo during the anti-Sikh riots of 1984. As per the court documents, the mob led by Kumar attacked the house of the complainant, Jaswant’s wife, in the matter and killed the men. Interestingly, despite …

1984 anti-Sikh riots: Why did court give life term, not death penalty, to convict Sajjan Kumar?
1 month ago

1984 anti-Sikh riots: Why did court give life term, not death penalty, to convict Sajjan Kumar?

Hindustan Times  

Former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar was sentenced to life imprisonment on Tuesday by a special court in Delhi in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. **EDS: FILE IMAGE** New Delhi: In this Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018 file image Congress leader Sajjan Kumar appears in the Patiala House Court in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, in New Delhi. Kumar …

Sajjan gets lifer in ’84 riots case
1 month ago

Sajjan gets lifer in ’84 riots case

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday sentenced former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar to life imprisonment in a murder case connected to 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Special judge Kaveri Baweja said though the killings of “two innocent persons” in the case was no less an offence, it wasn’t a “rarest of rare case” warranting the imposition of death penalty. The judge …

1984 Anti Sikh Riots: Delhi Court Awards Life Sentence To Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar In Murder Case
1 month ago

1984 Anti Sikh Riots: Delhi Court Awards Life Sentence To Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar In Murder Case

Live Law  

A Delhi Court on Tuesday awarded life sentence to former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar in connection with murder of a man and his son residing in West Delhi area during the 1984 Anti Sikh riots.Special judge Kaveri Baweja of Rouse Avenue Courts passed the order. A Delhi Court on Tuesday awarded life sentence to former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar in …

Anti-Sikh riots case: Sajjan Kumar to spend life in jail, rules Delhi court
1 month ago

Anti-Sikh riots case: Sajjan Kumar to spend life in jail, rules Delhi court

Firstpost  

The complainant, Jaswant’s wife, along with the prosecution, had requested the harshest punishment in India– the death penalty– for Kumar In this file photo, Congress leader Sajjan Kumar is seen outside the Patiala House Court, in New Delhi. PTI Sajjan Kumar has been given a life imprisonment sentence in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. Kumar, currently lodged in Tihar jail, is …

Sajjan Kumar, ex-Congress MP, sentenced to life in jail in anti-Sikh riots case
1 month ago

Sajjan Kumar, ex-Congress MP, sentenced to life in jail in anti-Sikh riots case

India Today  

Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar has been sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the killings of two Sikhs during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi. This marks the second life sentence for Kumar, who is already serving time for his involvement in the Delhi Cantonment riots case. We will appeal to the govt to go to a higher …

Juvenile Institutionalization Should Be The Last Resort; Family Is The Best Institution For Rehabilitation: Patna High Court
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Juvenile Institutionalization Should Be The Last Resort; Family Is The Best Institution For Rehabilitation: Patna High Court

Live Law  

The Patna High Court has held that institutionalization should be a measure of last resort and that the family is the primary institution for the rehabilitation and reintegration of a child in conflict with the law. Institutionalization of a juvenile in conflict with law has been contemplated as the last resort.” The above ruling was delivered in a Criminal Revision …

1984 anti-Sikh Riots: Delhi Court to announce Sajjan Kumar's sentence on Feb 25
1 month, 1 week ago

1984 anti-Sikh Riots: Delhi Court to announce Sajjan Kumar's sentence on Feb 25

Hindustan Times  

A Delhi court on Friday reserved for February 25 the order on the quantum of sentence against Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a murder case relating to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. In a murder case involving the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, a Delhi court on Friday postponed the decision on Congress leader Sajjan Kumar's punishment till February 25. The court on …

Supreme Court denies bail to Arun Gawli in Shiv Sena corporator murder case
1 month, 1 week ago

Supreme Court denies bail to Arun Gawli in Shiv Sena corporator murder case

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Thursday denied bail to gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli, who is serving life imprisonment in a murder case. Arun Gawli, who is undergoing life imprisonment for the 2007 murder of Mumbai Shiv Sena corporator Kamlakar Jamsandekar, claims to have complied with all the conditions of the 2006 remission policy. The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court on …

Conviction of accused in rape of newborn in Kolkata secured in 79 days: Police Commissioner
1 month, 1 week ago

Conviction of accused in rape of newborn in Kolkata secured in 79 days: Police Commissioner

The Hindu  

Commissioner of Kolkata Police Manoj Kumar Verma on Wednesday said the Kolkata Police secured a speedy conviction in the case involving the rape and attempted murder of a seven-month-old baby within 79 days of the crime. “This is probably the first case where capital punishment was awarded to the rape convict while the victim is still surviving,” the Police Commissioner …

Bengal courts awarded 6 death sentences in last 6 months for crimes against girls
1 month, 1 week ago

Bengal courts awarded 6 death sentences in last 6 months for crimes against girls

New Indian Express  

The last judicial hanging in West Bengal took place two decades ago when Dhananjay Chatterjee, a security guard at a residential building in south Kolkata, was hanged at Alipore Jail on the eve of Independence Day in 2004 for raping and murdering a 16-year-old school student in her apartment in March, 1990. A POCSO court in Siliguri in northern West …

Prosecution seeks death penalty for 1984 riots convict: Rarest of rare crime
1 month, 1 week ago

Prosecution seeks death penalty for 1984 riots convict: Rarest of rare crime

India Today  

The prosecution has sought the death penalty for former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, convicted last week by a Delhi court in a case related to the killing of two Sikhs during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. In its written submission, the prosecution argued that the case was graver than the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, as it involved the deliberate …

17 get lifer for killing Dalit youth
1 month, 1 week ago

17 get lifer for killing Dalit youth

Deccan Chronicle  

Nalgonda: Special Sessions Court under the SC/ST Act on Tuesday sentenced 17 people to life imprisonment for killing of Dalit youth Batta Lingaiah at Ajimpet of Addagudur mandal in Bhongir district in 2017. In another murder case, Additional District Judge-III and Family Court judge of Nalgonda D. Durja Prasad sentenced five people to life imprisonment. It was proved in the …

West Bengal man sentenced to death by hanging for raping 7-month-old child, attempting murder
1 month, 1 week ago

West Bengal man sentenced to death by hanging for raping 7-month-old child, attempting murder

Live Mint  

A man from West Bengal's Jhargram district was on Tuesday sentenced to death by hanging after a special POCSO court in Kolkata held him guilty in connection with the rape and attempted murder of a seven-month-old child. Judge Indrila Mukherjee found the convict Rajib Ghosh guilty under sections 65, 140, 137 and 118 of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita and Sec …

Bengal man gets death penalty for kidnapping, raping 7-month-old child
1 month, 1 week ago

Bengal man gets death penalty for kidnapping, raping 7-month-old child

Hindustan Times  

A special POCSO court in Kolkata on Tuesday sentenced a man guilty of rape and attempted murder of a seven-month-old child in north Kolkata to death by hanging. The accused was arrested in the early hours of December 5 from his residence, The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act court at Bankshall court had on Monday convicted the man …

Kolkata court awards death penalty to perpetrator for rape, attempted murder of seven-month-old infant
1 month, 1 week ago

Kolkata court awards death penalty to perpetrator for rape, attempted murder of seven-month-old infant

The Hindu  

A city court on Tuesday awarded the death penalty to a 34-year-old man in Kolkata after convicting him of the rape and attempted murder of a seven-month-old baby. Since the RG Kar rape and murder came to light, multiple courts in West Bengal have awarded death penalties to at least half a dozen people in similar cases. Public prosecutor Bivas …

1984 anti-sikh riots: Prosecution seeks death penalty for former MP Sajjan Kumar
1 month, 1 week ago

1984 anti-sikh riots: Prosecution seeks death penalty for former MP Sajjan Kumar

The Hindu  

The prosecution in the 1984 anti-sikh riots case sought the death penalty for former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar on Tuesday, who is convicted murdering a father-son duo in Delhi’s Saraswati Vihar area. The Rouse Avenue court on February 12, Convicted Kumar in a 1984 Anti-Sikh riots case. It was also submitted that a case in which Kumar was convicted by …

SC sets aside death penalty to man convicted of killing wife, daughter
1 month, 1 week ago

SC sets aside death penalty to man convicted of killing wife, daughter

Hindustan Times  

India’s criminal justice system disproportionately disadvantages the accused, especially those who are economically or socially vulnerable, the Supreme Court has lamented while setting aside the death penalty awarded to a man convicted of murdering his wife and 12-year-old daughter. The court held that the accused was denied a fair trial due to procedural deficiencies, including the absence of legal representation …

1984 anti-Sikh riots: Prosecution seeks death penalty for Sajjan Kumar in murder case
1 month, 1 week ago

1984 anti-Sikh riots: Prosecution seeks death penalty for Sajjan Kumar in murder case

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police have sought the death penalty for former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar, convicted in the case of murder of a father-son duo during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, terming it a “rarest of rare” crime. The prosecution filed a written submission before Special Judge Kaveri Baweja at Rouse Avenue Court, asserting that Kumar’s role in the killings of …

Mohali: GMADA superintendent gets 5-year jail in graft case
1 month, 1 week ago

Mohali: GMADA superintendent gets 5-year jail in graft case

Hindustan Times  

A special vigilance court in Mohali on Saturday awarded five-year rigorous imprisonment to a GMADA superintendent who demanded a bribe of ₹35,000 for issuing a no-objection certificate in 2017. The special court of judge Harsimranjit Singh also imposed a fine of ₹50,000 on the convict, Narinderpal Singh, 61, superintendent-4, Estate Office, GMADA, Sector 62, Mohali. Nasib visited the superintendent’s office …

West Bengal: Two sentenced to 10 years for bombing outside BJP leader Arjun Singh's office in 2021 in Jaggadal
1 month, 1 week ago

West Bengal: Two sentenced to 10 years for bombing outside BJP leader Arjun Singh's office in 2021 in Jaggadal

India Today  

Two accused in the 2021 bombing of former MP and BJP leader Arjun Singh's office-cum-residence in West Bengal have been sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment by a special National Investigative Agency court in Kolkata. The case pertains to Chand, also known as Arif Akhtar, and Rahul Pasi, along with a juvenile, throwing three bombs in quick succession at …

Two get life imprisonment for attempt to murder two Scheduled Caste persons
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Two get life imprisonment for attempt to murder two Scheduled Caste persons

The Hindu  

The Special Court for trial of cases under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes Act, Theni, on Friday sentenced two Caste Hindu persons to life imprisonment for attempting to murder two Scheduled Caste persons and abusing them using caste name. Special Court Judge G. Anuradha sentenced M. Vijay and his mother M. Tamilselvi to life imprisonment and imposed a …

Delhi Court finds Sajjan Kumar guilty in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Delhi Court finds Sajjan Kumar guilty in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: A special court on Wednesday found former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar guilty in a case of killing a father-son duo during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Special Judge Kaveri Baweja of the Rouse Avenue Court delivered the verdict and scheduled the sentencing arguments for February 18. The prosecution said on November 1, 1984, a mob allegedly led by Kumar …

Ex Congress Leader Sajjan Kumar Convicted in 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots Case
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Ex Congress Leader Sajjan Kumar Convicted in 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots Case

Deccan Chronicle  

A Delhi court on Wednesday convicted former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar of murder in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, declaring him part of an unlawful assembly responsible for the deaths of Jaswant Singh and his son Tarundeep Singh. Special Judge Kaveri Baweja, who pronounced the verdict, said that Kumar, having instigated and led the mob, could face the death penalty …

1984 anti-Sikh riots: Delhi court convicts ex-Congress leader Sajjan Kumar for killing Jaswant Singh, his son Tarundeep
1 month, 2 weeks ago

1984 anti-Sikh riots: Delhi court convicts ex-Congress leader Sajjan Kumar for killing Jaswant Singh, his son Tarundeep

Live Mint  

Former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar was found guilty in the murder case of a father and son, during the anti-Sikh riots of 1984, on Wednesday. The verdict was announced by the Rouse Avenue Court as it deliberated over the murder of Jaswant Singh and his son Tarundeep Singh during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Kumar is already serving life imprisonment in …

Man gets 800 days’ jail for fabricating evidence in dowry death case
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Man gets 800 days’ jail for fabricating evidence in dowry death case

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW In what appears to be a unique judgment, a Bareilly court on Friday awarded 800 days’ imprisonment to a man for producing fabricated evidence against an old couple and their son who he accused of domestic violence and causing the death of his daughter over dowry demands, prosecution officials said on Saturday. The officials said the court directed the …

RG Kar rape-murder case: HC nixes W.B. govt’s appeal against life term sentence to convict, admits CBI plea
1 month, 3 weeks ago

RG Kar rape-murder case: HC nixes W.B. govt’s appeal against life term sentence to convict, admits CBI plea

The Hindu  

The Calcutta High Court on Friday rejected the West Bengal government’s appeal challenging the trial court’s life term till death sentence awarded to RG Kar hospital rape-murder case convict Sanjay Roy, while admitting the same plea of the CBI. Both the CBI and the State government filed appeals before the High Court seeking capital punishment for Roy, the sole convict …

RG Kar case: Calcutta HC rejects Bengal govt's plea challenging Sanjay Roy's life term, admits CBI’s appeal
1 month, 3 weeks ago

RG Kar case: Calcutta HC rejects Bengal govt's plea challenging Sanjay Roy's life term, admits CBI’s appeal

India TV News  

Calcutta High Court on Friday rejected West Bengal government's appeal challenging the trial court's life term till death sentence awarded to RG Kar hospital rape-murder case convict Sanjay Roy. CBI's plea against Sanjay Roy's life sentence Central Bureau of Investigation approached Calcutta High Court seeking enhancement of the punishment awarded to the convict at the trial. West Bengal government's appeal …

Man gets 20-year jail term for raping eight-year-old girl in Odisha
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Man gets 20-year jail term for raping eight-year-old girl in Odisha

New Indian Express  

KENDRAPARA: The additional district judge-cum-special judge, Kendrapara on Thursday sentenced a man to 20 years of imprisonment for raping an eight-year-old dalit girl in Derabish area of the district seven years back. On May 24, 2018, the girl’s mother filed a complaint in Derabish police station alleging her daughter was playing in the village field when Singh forcibly took her …

Jalpaiguri Court awards death penalty to man for killing wife and daughter
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Jalpaiguri Court awards death penalty to man for killing wife and daughter

The Hindu  

A Sessions Court in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district on Tuesday awarded the death penalty to a man for killing his wife and 18-month-old daughter. The crime occured at the Looksan tea garden in Nagrakata, Jalpaiguri district, where the convict, Lal Singh Oraon, hacked his wife, Sakhi Oraon, and their daughter to death in their home on March 27, 2023. Sentencing …

Four get 20 years imprisonment in 2022 gang-rape case
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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Four get 20 years imprisonment in 2022 gang-rape case

The Hindu  

: The Fast Track Mahila Court at the Combined Court Complex here on Thursday convicted four persons and sentenced them to 20 years of imprisonment in connection with the gang-rape case that took place in Vellore in March 2022. Judge Maheshwari Bhanurekha delivered the verdict, sentencing Santhosh, 22; Bharath, 23; Manikandan, 25; and Santhosh, 24, to 20 years of imprisonment …

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