Man Who Was Twice Sentenced To Death In 2 Trials Acquitted In 3rd Retrial
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Man Who Was Twice Sentenced To Death In 2 Trials Acquitted In 3rd Retrial

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In a notable development in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, a man who had been convicted and sentenced to death two times for the alleged rape and murder of a 9-year-old girl was acquitted after the third trial. In 2013, Anokhilal was convicted by a special court in Madhya Pradesh's Khandwa district for the rape and murder of a nine-year-old, and the court swiftly sentenced him to capital punishment following a brief trial of less than two weeks. The special court found numerous discrepancies in the DNA reports, which ultimately led to Anokhilal's acquittal. Expressing dissatisfaction with the “last seen with” theory, the Court observed, "The deceased was last seen with accused Anokhilal on 30.01.2013 and her dead body was seen on 01.02.2013 at 06:30 am. The Court expressed surprise at the fact that, despite having the entire deceased body at their disposal, the investigators chose to use a stain from the victim's pajamas as the sole DNA reference profile.

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'No Criminal History': Madhya Pradesh High Court Commutes Death Penalty Imposed On Man Convicted For Rape And Murder Of Minor
1 month ago

'No Criminal History': Madhya Pradesh High Court Commutes Death Penalty Imposed On Man Convicted For Rape And Murder Of Minor

Live Law  

The Madhya Pradesh High Court in a recent ruling commuted the death sentence of a man convicted for rape and murder of a minor girl. The division bench observed, “…we have no hesitation in maintaining his sentence under Sections 302, 376, 377, 201, 363, 366 of the IPC, but societal interest can be balanced by holding that appellant shall remain …

No lesson learnt from Nirbhaya, juvenile accused being treated ‘too leniently’: Madhya Pradesh HC
3 months, 1 week ago

No lesson learnt from Nirbhaya, juvenile accused being treated ‘too leniently’: Madhya Pradesh HC

The Hindu  

Juvenile accused are being treated “rather too leniently” in the country and the legislature has still not learnt any lessons from the “horrors of Nirbhaya”, the 2012 Delhi gang rape case, the Madhya Pradesh High Court observed while refusing to grant any relief to a rape convict, who was a juvenile at the time of the crime. “This court is …

Chandrasekharan murder case: Kerala HC upholds conviction of 12 accused
10 months ago

Chandrasekharan murder case: Kerala HC upholds conviction of 12 accused

Hindustan Times  

The Kerala high court on Monday upheld the conviction of 12 accused, including local Communist Party of India leaders, and set aside the acquittal of two others by a trial court in the case of the murder of TP Chandrasekharan, founder of Revolutionary Marxist Party, by a group of assailants in May 2012. Of the 12 accused convicted by the …

SC sets aside death penalty awarded to man for rape and murder of three-month-old infant girl
1 year, 2 months ago

SC sets aside death penalty awarded to man for rape and murder of three-month-old infant girl

Op India  

On 19 October, the Supreme Court set aside the conviction of 25-year-old Naveen Gadke, who was awarded the death penalty for the rape and murder of a three-month-old girl. Therefore, the judgment of conviction and sentence passed by the trial court and affirmed by the high court is hereby set aside and the matter is remitted to the trial court …

Rape & Murder Of 4-Year-Old: Madhya Pradesh High Court Commutes Convict's Death Penalty To Life Sentence Without Remission
1 year, 4 months ago

Rape & Murder Of 4-Year-Old: Madhya Pradesh High Court Commutes Convict's Death Penalty To Life Sentence Without Remission

Live Law  

Observing that the case does not fall under the category of the rarest of rare, the Madhya Pradesh High Court commuted a convict's sentence of death penalty to life imprisonment without remission, in a case for the murder and rape of a 3 years and 4 month old girl. The division bench of Chief Ravi Malimath and Justice Vishal MIshra …

Calcutta HC Suspends Sentence of Woman Convicted for Killing of 6-Yr-Old Step-daughter
1 year, 5 months ago

Calcutta HC Suspends Sentence of Woman Convicted for Killing of 6-Yr-Old Step-daughter

News 18  

The Calcutta High Court recently suspended the sentence of a woman who was convicted for murdering her six-year-old step-daughter by poisoning. “There is no certainty of the appeal being finally decided at an early date given the large number of cases pending, and also on an overall appreciation and assimilation of the nature and quality of the evidence on record, …

Madhya Pradesh High Court Acquits Man Sentenced To Death In 2019 For Rape, Murder Of 3-Year-Old
1 year, 5 months ago

Madhya Pradesh High Court Acquits Man Sentenced To Death In 2019 For Rape, Murder Of 3-Year-Old

Live Law  

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has overturned the death penalty awarded by a trial court in a case involving the rape and murder of a 3-year-old girl. While acknowledging the suspicions surrounding the appellant, the court however ruled that without a clear connection established by the DNA report between the nail cuttings and the appellant's bruises, the accused cannot be …

Supreme Court Upholds Acquittal Of A Death Row Convict By High Court
1 year, 7 months ago

Supreme Court Upholds Acquittal Of A Death Row Convict By High Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court recently upheld the decision of Madhya Pradesh High Court which acquitted an accused who was awarded death sentence by the Trial Court for the alleged murder of his wife on the ground that prosecution has failed to prove the circumstances beyond reasonable doubt. Arguments The Counsel appearing for the State submitted before the Court that the testimony …

‘Kind enough to leave girl alive’: MP HC reduces rape convict’s life sentence
2 years, 2 months ago

‘Kind enough to leave girl alive’: MP HC reduces rape convict’s life sentence

Hindustan Times  

The Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh high court has reduced the life sentence of a rape convict to 20 years’ rigorous imprisonment, saying that he was “kind enough to leave the girl alive”. The convict’s lawyer has argued that he has been falsely implicated as barring eyewitnesses there is no cogent evidence available on record to connect him with …

Madhya Pradesh High Court Reduces Rape Convict's Sentence Considering He Had Left Minor Victim Alive
2 years, 2 months ago

Madhya Pradesh High Court Reduces Rape Convict's Sentence Considering He Had Left Minor Victim Alive

Live Law  

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, Indore Bench recently reduced the sentence of a rape convict from life imprisonment to 20 years of imprisonment on the ground that he did not kill the 4-year-old victim after the heinous act. Singh did not find any fault in the conviction of the Appellant but found it fit to extend him the benefit of …

Breaking: MP High Court Acquits Man Wrongly Convicted For Murder And Imprisoned For 13 Years, Directs State To Pay Him Rs. 42 Lakhs For Malicious Investigation
2 years, 7 months ago

Breaking: MP High Court Acquits Man Wrongly Convicted For Murder And Imprisoned For 13 Years, Directs State To Pay Him Rs. 42 Lakhs For Malicious Investigation

Live Law  

The High Court of Madhya Pradesh recently set aside the conviction of a man for murder and further directed the State to pay him compensation worth Rs. Considering the facts of the case, the Court held that the police was outrightly partisan in its investigation and that it did not investigate the offence from the standpoint of the Appellant at …

Man kills 14-year-old daughter, rapes her corpse in Madhya Pradesh's Guna
2 years, 10 months ago

Man kills 14-year-old daughter, rapes her corpse in Madhya Pradesh's Guna

India Today  

In a shocking incident, a handicapped man allegedly killed his 14-year-old daughter after she turned down his advances and raped her corpse at a village in Madhya Pradesh's Guna district, police said on Wednesday. The police have arrested the 40-year-old accused, who is a resident of Jaita Dongar village in Bajranggarh police station limits, superintendent of police Rajiv Kumar Mishra …

Courts in Uttar Pradesh sentence two to death in rape, murder cases
3 years, 8 months ago

Courts in Uttar Pradesh sentence two to death in rape, murder cases

India Today  

A court sentenced one person to death and three to life imprisonment in connection with the murder of three people over a land dispute in Bharuch. Three years ago, Satya Prakash, Bhavar Singh, Sundar Singh were shot dead in Bharuch village of Raya while they were sleeping at three different places. The Additional District Judge released Bhagwati Devi as she …

Acquittal Of Rape Accused After 20 Yrs In Jail: NHRC Calls For Report From UP Govt. On Rehabilitation & Action Taken Against Erring Officials
3 years, 9 months ago

Acquittal Of Rape Accused After 20 Yrs In Jail: NHRC Calls For Report From UP Govt. On Rehabilitation & Action Taken Against Erring Officials

Live Law  

The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, India has taken suo-motu cognizance of the acquittal of a man in a rape case, twenty years after his conviction and has has observed that it seems to be a case of non-application of the Section 433 Cr PC. Significantly, this case is about a 23-year-old man, who was sentenced to life imprisonment by …

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